Chapter 78
He narrowly secured a draw against that infamous ‘Black Prince’ and reclaimed Reims without bloodshed.
This was solely due to the efforts of the Holy Maiden Aurelia, and Dale also surrendered the kingdom’s capital in the name of the Holy Maiden Aurelia.
“The Holy Maiden has reclaimed the kingdom’s capital!”
“Waaaaaah!”
“The mercy and kindness of the Sister Goddesses are with the Holy Maiden!”
“The Goddess watches over us!”
The people of Reims, and indeed the British independence forces, cried out the name of the Holy Virgin.
Not the rightful heir of the Britannian Kingdom, ‘Charles VII’, but the names of the Holy Virgins, the sisters Aurelia and Sistina.
“Th-th-these people…!”
How would that very fact strike Charles VII?
‘It is I! I am the one destined to be king of this realm!’
But no one paid any mind to Charles VII, the legitimate heir of the Britannian royal house.
It was solely the Virgin Aurelia who rallied the British independence forces against the empire’s tyranny and led them, along with the powerful figures of the old kingdom who shared her vision.
It was simply that the Holy Maiden Aurelia had proclaimed him king, and thus Charles VII could become king. That was all.
In other words.
──What if the Holy Maiden did not wish for Charles VII to be king?
Charles VII was momentarily seized by the illusion that he was merely dancing as the ‘Virgin’s puppet’.
