After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King-Chapter 303 - 47 Decoding the Cocoon

"Your Majesty, currently, we have lost control of forty percent of our territory. I propose... to immediately reorganize the army and resist. The situation is urgent and cannot be delayed any longer."

Regarding this minister’s report, Isabella, who was holding the routine early morning court as a king, calmly looked over all the ministers gathered here.

No matter who they were, they still maintained a respectful attitude.

The king was still the king.

However...

A large number of the ministers had been replaced, and they were all... good people?

Isabella was unsure how to describe these ministers who respected Yila even more than she herself did... Although they were indeed ministers and indeed listened to her, something felt off.

Did this mean she was helping Yila manage the country?

*Thinking this, Isabella didn’t know there was a term called "proxy training." Otherwise, she would have sighed... the work she was doing was not much different from proxy training.*

*She was even enjoying it in a rather shameful way...*

"..."

Isabella remained silent regarding the minister’s report. She looked in Ulrichla’s direction, seeking his opinion, and said, "Lord Ulrichla, tell us your view."

Under Yila’s tutelage, Isabella might have been one of the most formidable in the world, just in terms of calculating King Level... perhaps only second to her father.

However, the Empire was too challenging... no, it should be said that being a king in the Empire required too much during the prior Two Factions Conflict scenario.

On the other hand, the Demon King Territory’s requirements for King Level were consistently low, but in terms of scenario difficulty, in the later stages of the Demon and King War (with the Governor participating)... even a King with non-military capabilities at a ten-million level was ineffective.

*It was truly beyond salvation... that’s why Favignano’s death at Yila’s hands was a favorable outcome.*

And Isabella managed to safely get through that period, thanks to Yila’s help—it was already impressive... and now the Empire’s difficulty had decreased.

At the cost of national power loss, the governance difficulty had dropped to its lowest.

A unique political inclination had prevented meaningless internal strife... freewebnσvel.cѳm

*Realizing this, Isabella, though still a figurehead without real power, had even lost the security guarantee of political weighing, but... she felt much more free-spirited and bold.*

*All the nobles were eradicated! Such joy!*

"Troops can be assembled at any time if Your Highness wishes. However, if His Majesty wants to wait..."

Ulrichla, who looked like a young boy, spoke, not smoking his pipe anymore... Here, it would have been too disrespectful to continue holding that pipe which never left his mouth.

"Then it would be best to continue waiting... until sixty percent of the territory is lost."

Ulrichla said this, thinking that the current extent was almost enough, but if they gave up a full sixty percent of the territory all at once, then the trouble from the nobles would completely disappear.

This would be more convenient and faster, but also riskier; it required Isabella to make the decision.

"..."

*Isabella pondered, but she hardly needed much thought... In the past, a similar policy would certainly have faced fierce opposition, making her consider things from multiple angles.*

*As Yila taught her, being forced to drag a controversial matter over several days to complete... that method was effective but too cumbersome and bothersome.*

It was no longer necessary now.

"Then... we shall wait until that time."

In the astonished eyes of everyone present, Isabella quickly made this decision, issuing orders decisively: "During this period, the plan will be led by Lord Ulrichla, codenamed... Exterminate the Pests."

*The determination and coldness in her words, the casualness... were somewhat bewildering.*

*Calling the nobles "pests" without hesitation and assigning a codename to a task so nonchalantly... such behavior felt very familiar.*

*That cold indifference was quite rare... indeed, she and her mentor were quite alike.*

Once the two of them let go, they might be very similar.

"Your Majesty, regarding the disaster victims in the lost territories, many territories cannot bear them. Whether to draw from the capital’s grain storage and how to deal with the disaster victims from the Duchy? Please decide."

Almost as soon as this leader finished speaking, Isabella had already thought of an answer. She gave the answer: "The former should be accepted as much as possible, while the latter... do what goodness demands and necessary evil dictates."

*Calm, indifferent, efficient...*

*Was the Isabella before their eyes really the same Isabella as before?*

This question arose in everyone’s minds, but they didn’t realize... this was indeed Isabella freed from constraints, and if Yila had been the emperor rather than a minister, he would have been similarly constrained.

*Such was the empire’s sorrow... or rather, the sorrow of the Old Empire.*

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"Your Highness, in just one morning court... you resolved all the previously accumulated issues."

Marilla said this, supporting Isabella back to her room... She was now Isabella’s bodyguard because Isabella’s former guards had all been "cleared."

Saying "all" wasn’t entirely accurate; it was more like ninety-nine percent.

Such a huge guard unit, completely infiltrated by the nobles as spies, though they never did anything outrageous, were entirely qualified as intelligence personnel... Isabella had indeed been surrounded as if in a sieve.

"But I feel unexpectedly relaxed as a king... truly, too relaxed."

Isabella said this, looking truly free-spirited, just like Yila after ending the first battle in the Demon King Territory. If she knew what a debuff was, she could have summarized it very briefly.

But at this moment, she could only use Yila’s words to express her thoughts.

"Perhaps this is why Teacher Yila never wanted to be king."

Isabella said this, speaking about this topic without reservation: "I didn’t realize it before, but now that the Cloud-piercing Sun moment has arrived, I understand... Lord Yila lives up to his name, and he was absolutely right."

"The higher you stand, the farther you see... standing atop the mountain, you become blind," he said, and now..."

Saying this, Isabella pointed to her own eyes, squinting with a satisfied smile, saying, "Only from my birth until the moment my father died did I, just like now..."

"See the whole world with open eyes."

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