System vs Rebirth

Chapter 1448: Restoring the Royal Family

”What’s this?”

”A demonic human?”

”Wait. Isn’t this...”

The people in the plaza couldn’t help but look at a certain poster. They had seen this face before, due to how big the influence he had had in the past.

”This is the third prince?”

”The third prince? We don’t have a third prince... Oh wait. Is he the former third prince, His Highness Victor?”

”He has become a demonic human? Is it real?”

”It looks real. There’s a statement from even the marshal.”

”Now that I think about it, there was some commotion last night outside the wall. My husband was a guard patrolling the wall, so he witnessed it. There were two people clashing outside the city, like what the marshal had stated.”

”Don’t tell me... His Highness Victor has indeed become a demonic human? The royal family...”

”I know, right? The royal family has been making our lives harder these days.”

”This must be a conflict between the third prince and the current king. But since the third prince has left, it means our king has won.”

”Maybe our lives will get better after this?”

The people whispered among themselves. Some tried to defend him, but the majority scorned him. Of course, the majority had their opinions manipulated as well.

After all, among those people, there were some secret agents dispatched by Wendy to spread the information through ’rumor.’

People would gradually believe that was the case. In the end, they couldn’t simply state the third prince was a demonic human without any justification.

Hence, they first had to spread the rumors. This rumor had another goal. Wendy wanted the people not to know about the death of the current prince as well as the crown prince.

She had to hide that fact first before revealing it at the perfect time. After all, her rule was unstable due to her murdering her father and brother.

She could use the king’s identity as a demonic human, but that would mean leaving the royal family with no more face to show. The people would distrust the royal family.

That was why Wendy approached it carefully. She didn’t want to destroy the trust while trying to make it recover as much as possible.

That was why he wanted to spread rumors about it being a conflict and that things would get better.

If she succeeded in making their lives better, people would then begin to trust her. It was really hard for her to take over her father’s seat, but it was something she had to do.

With all the talented people under her, she planned a different approach from her father.

Still, even if they managed to hide it from the general citizens, they couldn’t hide it from those with enough authority.

At a time like this, the defense of the capital city was extremely low. As a result, a lot of spies entered the capital city.

They sent back all this information to their respective leaders.

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Atracaeca Kingdom.

”The third prince has become a demonic human, the king hasn’t shown up, huh?” A great protector, serving as the adviser of the grand protector, crossed his arms. ”Sir. I believe the king has died.

”The report told us that there had been a huge incident last night. They sealed off everything, but looking at this situation... the king wouldn’t do something like this.

”Besides, our spies caught a figure who was supposed to be inside the royal prison. I’m afraid that there was a coup d’etat last night.

”Looking at the current situation, the coup itself must have been successful. As for who has become the new sovereign... we have no idea yet.”

The grand protector squinted his eyes. ”The situation looks much more complex than I originally thought.

”If the ownership of the kingdom has truly changed, depending on the person who takes over that position... the kingdom can either collapse or recover.

”Our country has seen such a thing multiple times, especially because even my seat can be taken by anyone at any moment as long as you have strength.

”I don’t care if you take this position from me as long as your strength is legitimate. If you’re going to fight me, make sure you are a human, not a demonic human.”

”...” The great protectors didn’t know what to say. This was indeed their tradition. But all of them couldn’t help but admire the current grand protector.

Unlike a lot of previous grand protectors, the current grand protector rose from the very bottom. He had a good reputation and was just. While he was cunning to a certain extent, he had a fair bottom line.

There were a lot of improvements the country experienced ever since he led them. There might be some jealousy, but most of them truly respected him.

The grand protector said, ”Continue to monitor the situation. Make sure we find the identity of the one taking over that throne. I want to know all the information about that person.

”Since there’s no major thing happening yet, it’s clear that the one taking over is a prince or a princess. The only problem is whether that person is the one controlling their subordinates or the other way around.”

If it were the other way around, the puppet king would definitely lead the kingdom into its destruction.

If there were indeed a capable heir to that throne, the Muivell Kingdom would be born anew.

”Understood, sir.”

The grand protector thought for a moment. ”Also, watch over the movement of Marquis Ardagan.

”See if he’s supporting the current sovereign or not. Currently, it’s clear that the marquis holds the biggest power in the kingdom.

”But it looks like he doesn’t have any ambition of taking over the kingdom and remains in the north.

”In that case, he might play a more passive role because there’s no need for him to take the active role.

”If I were their new king, the first thing I would do is introduce the train to the entire kingdom. If they want to recover from their current condition, they have no choice but to make every corner of the kingdom connected to the central government.

”So, pay a lot of attention to the movement from the north.”

”Yes, sir.”