Chapter 580,
Chapter 150. When you have to pay (3)
The most dishonorable death in the history of the Empire.
Newspapers around the world expressed the end of the emperor that way.
Since the birth of the empire, the position of the Viment family has not been jeopardized or the emperor has not been dethroned for committing atrocities, but there has never been a case where Amir Biment met a disgraceful end.
Amir Bement was the first emperor who died and was not given a funeral.
Instead, the people wanted to leave the floor in the middle of the plaza, where Amir became a dark stain, as a lesson for Bement rulers.
Near the spot where the stain of Amir was left, there were a lot of large and small stones thrown by the people.
Those stones will never be removed.
It was an ugly shape that did not suit the famous palace square for being beautiful and clean, but the people of Bement were proud of it.
Even though the emperor only booed Highlan when they called him a traitor, he couldn’t come forward, but it was good that they could express the fact that they had always supported Hailan more than the imperial family.
Naturally, in Dante’s eyes, the appearance of such people did not appear distasteful or hypocritical.
“If the dead Amir Viment did one thing well, it was giving people a voice.”
Dante said while filling the teacup in front of him. One of the two cups belonged to Casimir.
“I’ve rarely heard of it, though. Still, I admit that I didn’t catch and kill or oppress just because I raised my voice. There are many emperors who can’t even do that.”
“Sir Casimir.”
“Yes Sir Dante.”
“You must have heard something from Jin.”
“Um…”
Dante didn’t ask what he thought of ascending to the throne after the empire was normalized. As if there is no right to refuse.
“Why me?”
“Isn’t Kyeong from the royal family? Besides, the heads of the Seven Birds who have not yet forgotten their loyalty to the Empire, not the Imperial Family… The Seven Families are also with the King.”
Casimir’s original surname is Bement, not Alprion, and he is the younger brother of Amir Bement and the former crown prince.
Dante saw that ruling the empire was more about fulfilling his duties as royalty than about gaining power.
In other words, as the imperial family, they had to pay the price. By being a good ruler.
“Among the remaining imperial household trash, no one can take responsibility for this incident. The reason I asked to see you was not to ask about your intentions. I just wanted to share a story in person. and.”
Dante bowed his head once.
“I also wanted to personally express my apologies.”
“Why do you feel that way about me?”
“Because Sir, you must have needed a chance to avenge yourself.”
Jin is waiting for the day that Casimir will tell him why he became the ruined prince, but Dante already knew.
Dante is currently the head of Highlan. Therefore, it was possible to see all the information of Hiran, and many records disappeared as the Geomwangseong Fortress was destroyed, but the documents about Casimir remained here in the second castle of Hiran.
According to the record, Casimir became a deposed prince due to Amir Bement’s direct slander.
It’s common. Casimir lost loved ones in the process and settled down in Tikan with the remaining loyalists and Alisa, who were almost devastated.
It wasn’t something I couldn’t tell Jin, but Casimir was still having a hard time recalling that memory.
“…I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t any, but getting revenge on Amir Viment is just one side of my life. If revenge had been all he had done, he would have known all over the world for what he did to me and my family at the time, and how he drove me out by holding the people hostage.”
Whoa Casimir let out a long breath.
“So there is no need to feel sorry for me. Let’s get to the point. It seems that what Kyung wants to hear from me is about politics.”
“That’s right.”
“Sir Dante has announced the proclamation of regency tomorrow.”
“yes.”
“Move it forward right now.”
Dante’s eyes widened.
“For what reason?”
“If my predictions are correct, the Imperial Family will issue an article about Amir Viment, who died within today. It’s not just a tone that blasphemes and ridicules his death, as other news outlets do, but a statement that the imperial family has nothing to do with the rampage he committed.”
It was a problem that Dante had already anticipated. So, there was a plan to respond calmly, but Casimir had a different idea.
“Your regent should not give you the feeling of being slower than the imperial family from the start. Although it is a day earlier than the official announcement date, fewer people will come to Gyeong’s campaign, but it doesn’t matter because public sentiment is directed toward Gyeong anyway.”
“It feels sluggish.”
“If the imperial family cuts off the tail right after the regency is declared, it will be a picture of getting hit by them. In particular, the people may not know it, but the nobles will definitely see it that way.”
“However, if we announce it a day earlier because of that, isn’t it not keeping our promise to the people from the beginning?”
“That’s a good point. It’s obviously not a good thing to make that choice just because you don’t want to lose the first shot.”
If the declaration of the regency is moved forward by a day, the imperial family will urgently send out an article accordingly.
It is said that Dante broke his promise and that the rampage was all the emperor’s personal deviation.
However, there was one hand in the Barmal Union that the imperial family did not know about.
“It is a trap. If the imperial family starts responding to the proclamation of regency sooner than expected, we will present one undeniable piece of evidence that the imperial family participated in the emperor’s madness.”
“Evidence?”
When I explained what Casimir was, Dante’s eyes widened.
“Indeed… it seems that my choice to entrust the empire to Sir Hu-hu was correct. I have no power in that realm of politics and governance.”
“Well, it seems to me that Sir Dante has the same kind of power as Gong Gong Jin. There is such a thing as the power to attract people. That’s why Hailan is loved by the people even though it was revealed that he had a white stone.”
The White Stone existed and caused chaos throughout the empire.
In fact, whatever the causal relationship, Hai Lan could earn the people’s resentment just by having the white stone.
Even if Gleek couldn’t have awakened if it weren’t for Ziffle and the Emperor.
“If there is such a thing, it would be the power that my grandfather and the whole of Hiran have, not me.”
“Anyway, let’s go. To give the disgusting mystics a shot.”
The expectation that the people would not flock to the proclamation of the regency was groundless.
As soon as Dante left the second castle of Hiran and started moving, the people who were waiting for him rushed into the imperial palace like a tide.
When the emperor drove Hailan as a traitor, he climbed atop a huge golden palanquin and looked down at the people.
Dante stood on a stone piled up by the people.
“Today, until the empire is back to normal, I, Dante Hiran, will act as regent for Amir Viment’s heir, Kuron Biment.”
The people shouted as if they had waited, and the members of the imperial family, who hurriedly came out to the square, wrinkled their faces.
But it was still too early for their faces to distort.
“There is no way that Kuron Viment will officially ascend the throne. Until the end of my regency, he will exist as a scarecrow for a just cause, and when the time comes, he will be disqualified and return to being a non-royal person.”
It was Casimir’s opinion on the way to tell Kuron openly that he was a scarecrow.
“What is that! It is an insult to the imperial family!”
“His Highness Couronne did nothing wrong with this incident! You’re only nine years old now. You didn’t participate in Amir Viment’s depravity.”
“No matter what the reason, they will not be unaware of the damage done to the empire by the white stone. Do you think Hai Lan is qualified to usurp the throne?”
A few nobles raised their voices.
“Hairan does not usurp the throne. It is impossible for a family other than Bement to ascend the throne. Therefore, I will actively support him so that he can ascend to the throne when the cleanest member of the imperial family that everyone can recognize appears.”
“under! After all, aren’t you saying that after Lord Kuron, you’re going to build another scarecrow to rule the empire from behind?”
Dante made eye contact with the nobleman who said that.
He seemed to flinch at the murderous intent he felt in Dante for a moment.
“You don’t know the loyalty of Hailan, which history has proved for so long? If you wanted to do something like that, Hailan would have become a new imperial family long ago. Even now, when my grandfather is not around, it is possible.”
When Dante raised his spirits, the whole area was shaken. After inheriting all of Ron’s novelties and being released from the chaos, he was revealing an incomparably greater energy than before.
“Does the imperial family have any means to stop me now? It will be difficult to borrow the power of Ziffle right now. The reason I’m still keeping the rotten imperial family and the nobility of the empire alive isn’t because I’ve erased my resentment… it’s just that you guys still have work to do in this land.”
“Joe is fine. Let’s correct that what Kyo is doing is usurping power, not the throne. But don’t forget, the people may be on Hiran’s side right now, but usurpation without justification will eventually turn people’s feelings back!”
After that, the nobles left the plaza with trembling legs. It was because I had to go back and prepare for a response.
Dante turned his gaze back to the people.
“As regent, the first thing I will do is relocate the capital. I do not mean to move all administrative facilities and institutions, including the imperial palace, but I will simply choose the territory of the Imperial Palace as a symbolic capital.”
The people groaned. It was because relocating the capital to Geomwangseong really looked like a usurpation of power, as the nobles said.
“Currently, Geomwangseong has become a land of death where it is impossible to enter due to the aftermath of chaos, but there is light to purify the contaminated empire. It will be possible to observe that light in a few months, so take a look then. After seeing that, if the relocation of the symbolic capital is considered unreasonable, we will withdraw it. And the second thing to do is…”
Dante’s eyes were filled with sadness.
“It is a joint funeral. For ten days from today, we will do a national funeral and erect a memorial stone to commemorate those who fought for the Empire and Hairan.”
That part was agreed upon by all the people.
It is time for both those who perpetrated the rampage and those who defended the empire against it to pay the price.
“The third is to make an all-out effort to clean up contaminated areas. After completing these three tasks, I will step down as regent and defend the empire again as the lord of the Sword Emperor Castle.”
From that day on, Dante’s brief and bold proclamation of the regency and articles on the state of the empire were pouring out. And as Casimir expected, the imperial family immediately began cutting off the tail of the emperor.
As soon as the articles saying that the imperial family and the emperor had nothing to do with each other poured in, ‘evidence of their solidarity’ arrived in the empire.
It was the corpse of a demon that Jin obtained from Wantaramo Forest in the past and left with Valeria.
