Miss Witch, It's Time to Clean Up the Entries - Chapter 50

“According to the conventions of the Holy Empire, no one is allowed to provoke internal conflict. War between territories also falls under internal conflict.”

Alex Poole said seriously.

Leon nodded slightly, “Yes, therefore, His Majesty the King’s attitude is crucial.”

“As long as there is a legitimate reason, His Majesty the King will choose to turn a blind eye, because he neither wants to see Lady Mary of Rose Territory continue to grow stronger, nor can he disregard their past relationship and personally order sanctions against Lady Mary. His Majesty the King is a person who places great importance on reputation.”

The Head of Internal Affairs, Karel Dennis, said, fanning himself.

Omari Hani nodded in agreement, “What kind of reason is considered legitimate?”

“To reclaim everything that belongs to my fiancée, Catherine, the next Lord declared by the personal will of old Lord Jackson. That is legitimate.”

Leon said with a smile.

The three ministers finally understood Leon’s intention. Although doing so still carried considerable risk, they also felt at this moment that it was the best approach.

Sitting still waiting for death is always worse than taking the initiative to attack.

Don’t look at Green Shade Territory being consistently rated as one of the three poorest territories by the Imperial Times for five consecutive years, but Green Shade Territory’s military strength and population were indeed a piece of tempting fat.

A population of 2 million, an army of 200,000. This ratio alone could scare away a group of people.

Even when facing extraordinary witches, who had the highest risk level, with a large army, one could use population tactics to exhaust the witch’s magic and push the witch to the verge of losing control.

Of course, what was most coveted about Green Shade Territory was not the army of 200,000, but the Divine Gift Sequence 6, the Eye of the Future.

Who wouldn’t want the ability to foresee the future?

To prevent the King from playing the game of ‘the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind’, benefiting from their conflict, Leon would also absolutely not actively provoke war.

“Lord Leon, you are making such a great sacrifice for Green Shade Territory.”

Minister of Finance Omari Hani said with a sigh.

Karel Dennis and Alex Poole also felt that Leon was making a very great sacrifice.

Because this was, after all, Leon’s first wife.

And Catherine came from Blue Moon Territory, she must have been infected with the Red Itch Plague, which meant her face must have been disfigured.

Having a man from the Moria family marry a disfigured woman was the greatest torture for a descendant of the Moria family.

The three ministers still remembered when they had suggested that the philandering old Moria marry the daughter of a wealthy Duke. The only drawback of that Duke’s daughter was a small scar on her face from being accidentally cut by a sword when she was young.

But even so, old Moria was unwilling to marry her, because her appearance was marred.

Yet Leon, for the sake of Green Shade Territory, was willing to marry Catherine, whose face was “full of scars”. What kind of sacrifice was that if not great?

Leon narrowed his eyes, looking at their sympathetic gazes.

Recalling the reactions of Anna and Annie, he probably also guessed what these people were thinking.

“Miss Catherine is very beautiful. You don’t need to worry.”

“You don’t need to comfort us, Lord Leon. We should be comforting you. Fortunately, Imperial law supports polygamy. As a noble Lord, you can marry many wives.”

Karel Dennis said.

Alex Poole and Omari Hani both nodded.

The polygamy recorded in the laws of the Holy Empire was true polygamy, meaning a husband could marry multiple wives. However, except for the first wife, the status of the other wives was far inferior to the first wife, similar to a system of wives and concubines, except they would not refer to the wives as concubines.

In terms of inheritance, if the husband died, the first wife could become the primary heir, while the other wives did not have this privilege.

That’s why old Moria had 33 wives, and mistresses were counted separately.

Of course, even in the centuries of the Holy Empire’s history, one could not find a second person who married as many wives as Moria.

Legally, registered mistresses were also protected. For example, property law required that at least 1% must be given to the mistress.

This was originally to protect the rights of the King’s mistresses, but later it was extended to royalty and nobles. All mistresses benefited, causing the trend of keeping mistresses to flourish in the Holy Empire for a time, and noble life became more extravagant and unrestrained.

Leon decided not to explain the issue of his fiancée’s beauty or lack thereof to others anymore. When they met Catherine, they would naturally know.

“Lord Leon, what do you need us to do now?”

Alex Poole asked.

“Level the White Bone Forest. This is the natural barrier between us and Blue Moon Territory. By leveling it, we can smoothly escort Miss Catherine back to Blue Moon Territory with a large army.”

Leon said with a smile, smelling the aroma of freshly ground coffee.

Anna brought the coffee to the table. Leon and the three ministers all proactively picked up their coffee cups.

Between Blue Moon Territory and Rose Territory lay Yousoffa and Holloway. These two small territories were now under Mary’s name, so there was no obstacle for Mary to reach Blue Moon Territory.

But between Green Shade Territory and Blue Moon Territory lay the dangerous White Bone Forest.

If Green Shade Territory only wanted to live in isolation, the White Bone Forest could perhaps remain as a barrier. But now that Green Shade Territory wanted to take the initiative, there was no need to keep this barrier.

“Leveling the White Bone Forest, that’s not a simple matter.”

Alex Poole said with a frown.

“This requires the Guardian Witch to expend a lot of magic power, but our Guardian Witch has already served for 6 years. This is perhaps too much of a strain.”

Karel Dennis also showed a troubled expression.

“Don’t underestimate Sophie too much. This level of clearing will not cause her to lose control.”

Leon paused and continued, “Furthermore, we don’t necessarily have to rely entirely on force. Those tree monsters and corpse monsters that cannot be communicated with must be killed without exception, but the goblins and skeleton monsters that can be reasoned with, we can keep them. They can even help us resist an enemy force at a crucial moment.”

“You mean recruiting goblins and skeleton monsters, and eliminating tree monsters and corpse monsters?”

The three ministers asked in unison.

Leon nodded slightly, picked up the fragrant coffee cup, and took a sip, “Yes.”

“Why not directly incite a war between these four? This way, we can save a large number of soldiers.”

Omari Hani suggested.

“Omari, you truly don’t understand the monster world outside the territory. These four types of monsters are located in the east, south, west, and north of White Bone Forest, respectively. They have always adhered to the rule of ‘well water does not interfere with river water’, living in peace for many years. Even if there are disputes, they are only small conflicts. They will not actively fight each other and give humans an opportunity.”

Minister of External Affairs Alex Poole said.

“Yes, the leaders of the goblins and skeleton monsters possess considerable intelligence. It is precisely because of this that White Bone Forest can maintain balance. They will not be easily provoked.”

Karel Dennis said.

Leon rubbed the exquisite pattern on the surface of the coffee cup, the corners of his mouth curving slightly, “That’s wonderful. I was just afraid they wouldn’t understand me.”