When the plot-skips players into the game world-Chapter 961 - 325 Aleister: Am I also a Person of the Red Chancellor?_2

The only one who might possibly survive is probably Queen Louise’s third son, Lucien—that is, Prince Xiyaldo’s brother.

Lucien is the offspring born to Queen Louise after she was resurrected by the Red Chancellor as the Son of the Moon. Undoubtedly, his relationship with the Red Chancellor would be much closer… If the Red Chancellor wishes to declare himself as a monarch, then even Lucien would not likely survive.

But there’s another possibility, that the Red Chancellor would not take a public stand.

After all, with the fierce character of the Son of the Moon, they are not suited to be a monarch. Or rather, if the Son of the Moon became monarch, he would inevitably be a tyrant… That is an influence from both the Pillar Gods and Celestial Marshals, and not something that could be countered by mere rationality and will.

—After all, this was how the rule in the Narcissus Duchy collapsed.

Even though there were rational and intelligent mages as the core of power, the mages did not like to deal with complicated governmental affairs. For them, studying and thinking were much more interesting than politics and power… Thus, in the end, power fell into the hands of the Sons of the Moon.

The result was that these capricious Sons of the Moon easily led the country to ruin—back in the early days of the Helasal Empire’s fragmentation, the Narcissus Duchy had once allied with the neighboring Blackhawk Duchy.

Because the Duke Daffodil was assassinated by an Assassin Mercenary from the Blackhawk Duchy, in a way that did not harm him but only sliced his clothing in front of everyone.

Enraged, the Duke Daffodil declared war on the entire Blackhawk Duchy.

The problem was, although the man was from the Blackhawk people… his actions had nothing to do with the Blackhawk Duchy.

The entire Blackhawk Duchy, situated among forests, deserts, and cliffs, was poor and resource-scarce, so nearly the entire country consisted of mercenaries maintaining their livelihood by fighting or guarding for other countries. Some went to other countries to sell their bodies or engage in other illegal industries… such as kidnapping, human trafficking, fraud, robbery, and murder.

In Blackhawk, if a passerby is wealthy yet weak, every village warm by day, could potentially be a bandit den by night.

Facing this sort of environment, the Blackhawk Duchy had no way to get rid of bandits. Banning banditry would simply be not allowing people to live.

Thus, the Blackhawk Duchy had the most lenient laws among the Helasal states—so lenient that you really don’t need to understand their laws. Because even murder here does not lead to the death penalty, at most it results in conscription; and if one commits minor crimes like theft, it’s very likely to result in conscription too, the only difference being the type of military service and combat intensity.

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If you initiate a life-staking public duel in front of everyone, even killing the opponent wouldn’t get you arrested—because to be weak is a crime.

The whole Blackhawk Duchy emphasizes one thing: “Battle! Thrill!”

In this situation, everyone knew—even possibly Duke Daffodil himself—that his being attacked by the Blackhawk people had nothing to do with the Blackhawk Duchy. Yet he still couldn’t control his rage and led an entire country to war.

If the Red Chancellor considers this situation, then Lucien Valentine would be promoted to be the eighth Valentine.

In this scenario, Prince Xiyaldo likely would not be killed… but he would definitely be captured and turned into a blood slave.

At this point, whatever Prince Xiyaldo does is already futile.

After all, both the Red Chancellor and the Black Chancellor are supremely powerful, transcendent beings, whose strength is comparable to Great Arbitrator Meg of Avalon, standing at the pinnacle of their path in the Material Realm.

Perhaps someone could confront the Red Chancellor directly, but protecting another person in front of him is virtually impossible.

And this matter also falls within the permissible rules of the Holy Nation.

According to the Holy Nation’s rules since its establishment, it has no right nor the will to interfere in any internal power shifts of the same nationality.

Because that is undoubtedly leaning towards the Path of Authority. It deviates from the guidelines that the Holy Nation has adhered to till now.

Once the Holy Nation begins to determine the justice of a regime based on their own sentiments, it means they have taken the path of secretly manipulating the world.

A new regime, be it good or bad, without crude external interference, whether it improves and is accepted, or worsens and is overthrown, belongs to the future of the people of that country and should be chosen by them themselves.

That is to say, Prince Xiyaldo can’t even seek help from outside.

To step back ten thousand steps, even if he brought reinforcements from Avalon or the Iris Flower, those forces would be driven out by the Holy Nation!

“…Why didn’t you tell me before?”

Prince Xiyaldo had to become serious and scolded Mr. Fenrir in a low voice.

“I, what I saw before was not this future…”

Mr. Fenrir slightly lifted his helmet, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly defended himself: “Just a few days ago, I saw the Demon Scholar and the Alchemist clashing with each other, while the Son of the Moon was gathering strength in the shadows.

“At that time, our main enemies were supposed to be The Association and the Rose Cross Society, because I saw that they were going to hold a very dangerous ritual that could jeopardize the safety of the entire Star Antimony…”

“—What do you mean by that? Can you be more precise, Mr. Fenrir! Can the future really be changed so easily?”

“No, how would I know…”

Mr. Fenrir opened his mouth but was at a loss for words.

Although the future occasionally changes, the magnitude is usually not large. It’s like a weather forecast, saying that tomorrow will be a sunny day with a significant rise in temperature; it wouldn’t suddenly turn into a blizzard.

As a “Prophet-type servitor” who predicts the future to help his masters evade dangers, Mr. Fenrir’s warning came too late.

It’s like a bodyguard, who upon discovering intruders at night, rings up the boss: “Boss, there are bad guys coming in.”

But in reality, by the time the boss takes the call, the intruders have already been sitting beside him for a while.

—Then, what use are you?

Only Aleister probably knows what has happened.

If everything had proceeded as per the “original script,” then everything would have moved towards the future known to Aiwass—internal power struggles within Star Antimony, but the internal strife would never have escalated into open conflict until the Demon Scholars completed the Ring of Ouroboros ritual.

But Aleister clearly inherited that unique trait of Aiwass… Her being is entwined with too many causes and effects, making any direct plan targeting her likely to encounter mishaps, and all prophecies about her become inaccurate.

The predetermined fate in front of her is like a powerless curse—and Aleister is immune to all curses.

“…How could this happen?”

Aleister fell into deep thought.

Initially, she was just irrationally angry, so she investigated whether someone was performing an evil ritual that affected her.

As a result, Aleister was pulled into a mire of hatred.

Following that faint clue, she ended up killing Viscount Conley conveniently; then found Count Dorn, although it wasn’t he who was responsible, but she killed him anyway; and then she targeted Alfonso—this was not done on a whim, but still, she killed him decisively.

A series of chain reactions ensued, resulting in an unexpected promotion of the Banquet Master!

And in the memories of Aiwass, the Banquet Master had never ascended to become the Banquet Celestial Marshal… otherwise, he would definitely have remembered such a significant event. At least in his memory, the Banquet Master should be “the future Banquet Celestial Marshal” and not “the Eternal Self’s Angel Envoy”.

Count Dorn’s ritual probably directly consumed the Fool’s Liver. Yet at least after the Fallen Celestial Marshal’s descent, there was no BOSS named “Count Dorn” in the Star Antimony copies.

Thus, this rare material was essentially wasted by him. Of course, it is also possible that he realized that the Red Chancellor knew he possessed this item… and since he didn’t want to hand it over to the Red Chancellor and feared for his own safety, he might have deliberately destroyed it or sold it to save himself.

—And from this perspective, the current favorable situation of the Red Chancellor really does relate to Aleister!

After realizing this, Aleister felt a bit overwhelmed.

What’s the situation, am I really a person of the Red Chancellor?!