Chapter 254
3. Coming of Age
“We, the County of Brükel, in accordance with the wishes of His Highness the Grand Duke of Saxony, aspire to independence as the Kingdom of Brükel!”
“Raymond of Tria likewise hopes for independence from the Empire and the establishment of the Kingdom of Tria!”
“Our House of Valer likewise…”
Countless nobles, from renowned princes to minor nobles whose names were unknown, began to volunteer the king’s name.
What on earth is this throne?
The moment Dale uttered the dissolution of the empire, declarations of independence poured forth. Yet, watching them, Dale’s expression remained utterly indifferent.
“Titania of York.”
At that very moment, she—the sorceress of the Azure Tower and self-proclaimed standard-bearer of the Shadow Lord—spoke. The clamor that had echoed at her voice instantly subsided.
“May I dare to address His Highness the Grand Duke of Saxony?”
“Speak.”
The true power behind the throne of the House of York, incomparable to the pretentious nobles vying to claim kingship.
“Why, Your Highness, do you not establish your empire upon this land?”
Titania asked. A silence as thick as ice settled over them. It was true. This man had brought down the golden empire with his own hands, and upon its ruins, he possessed the power to claim himself the unrivaled king of a new age.
“If it is your wish, no one here would dare defy your will. Are you content to simply watch as all manner of nobodies, whose names we cannot even know, declare themselves kings, plunging the continent into the crucible of war?”
