The coup had ended, and Luluxiu proclaimed himself as the ninety-ninth emperor of Britaria. For such a huge event to happen in the powerful Britaria, many people couldn't understand what was going on. Charles had suddenly become a thing of the past, and an unknown person had become the new emperor.
However, Schonetzel's support brought a group of supporters, as did Cornelia's support. More than half of the current Knights of the Round Table supported Luluxiu, especially with the support of Xiao Ran, who had made great achievements in battle, and Bismarck, who had always been Charles's most trusted ally, as well as the support of the Scarlet Knights, who were publicly acknowledged as the strongest military force in the Empire. It could be said that the people with the highest authority and the biggest fists in Britaria had chosen to support the new emperor, Luluxiu. Many people couldn't understand the situation. What was going on? Why did such a drastic change happen so suddenly? How long had it been prepared for this day? Many people could only feel the undercurrent surging.
Whether the lower class or the colonists objected, it didn't affect the overall situation too much. Luluxiu becoming the emperor couldn't change much, and even if all the colonists united to oppose Luluxiu, it would be useless. The military strength of the colonists combined couldn't possibly be a match for the strength of the Empire itself, and directly using force to resist was the most inferior choice. Before figuring out the various paths involved, or before someone stood out, most people chose to remain silent. They didn't want to be the second chicken to be slaughtered for the monkeys to see.
Only a few people knew that although there were indeed some arrangements and schemes, the preparations and arrangements that Schonetzel had made for himself had unexpectedly cleared a lot of trouble for Luluxiu. Schonetzel had originally prepared for a coup, but his preparations ended up benefiting Luluxiu. This was one of the important reasons why Luluxiu didn't face so much trouble after becoming emperor. Otherwise, if Schonetzel fled and objected, Britaria would have directly fallen into civil war. This was also the case in the original plot.
Cornelia, who had also objected to Luluxiu in the original plot, had now become Luluxiu's supporter. Using her prestige, power, and influence in the military, she immediately declared her support for Luluxiu as soon as Luluxiu announced his ascension to the throne, denouncing Charles for sacrificing countless people for his own selfish interests. Meanwhile, Cheng Yao controlled countless of his trusted aides and supporters to stabilize the situation in the military.
In the original plot, the two leaders of the rebels who appeared after Luluxiu's ascension, Schonetzel and Cornelia, were now supporting Luluxiu with all their might. Although there were some voices in the Empire, these voices weren't deafening. Schonetzel even personally contacted all the colonists to appease their feelings and rope them in. This also allowed Britaria, which had undergone a drastic change, to remain in a relatively stable situation.
Cornelia and Schonetzel had played a very important role in this. Cornelia did this because she had no choice, while Schonetzel did this because he had clearly recognized the facts. In terms of pure strength, Luluxiu's power had completely crushed all the military forces of the Empire combined.
After learning about Luluxiu's and Xiao Ran's abilities, Schonetzel believed that he had made the right choice. One could directly control people and turn them into slaves, while the other had an even more terrifying supernatural ability. Under such circumstances, Schonetzel, who was an expert in making the right choice and benefits, didn't have any other choice. In the current situation, he wasn't controlled, and instead continued to wield all the authority of the Empire, which was even greater than before, which was a good thing.
Many people didn't know why such a drastic change happened so suddenly, but Schonetzel understood that it was simply because of power. Luluxiu wielded a power that no one else could resist. When power reached a certain level, authority, schemes, and anything else would be meaningless. Forcefully using power to control everything would be able to control Britaria, not to mention that apart from this power, Xiao Ran had also made some important arrangements that were stuck at a certain point. In just one day, the entire situation of Britaria had completely changed.
The Pivotal Vermilion Bird and the others who were summoned from the 11th district arrived at the Empire the day after Luluxiu announced that he had become Emperor. At the same time, they were conferred the title of Knights of the Round Table and temporarily placed under Xiao Ran's command. Under Schonetzel's arrangements, they were responsible for the military control of the entire Empire, sweeping up the remnants of small-scale chaos that occurred in the Empire and ensuring a smooth transition for the next period of time.
They were placed under Xiao Ran's command because Xiao Ran's identity had already surpassed all the other Knights of the Round Table. All of the Knights of the Round Table were under him. At the same time, Xiao Ran was also the new governor of the rebel army, responsible for the security of the Empire. The military control and stability of the Empire, the work of arresting rebels, and so on should have been done by Xiao Ran. However, Xiao Ran was unwilling to do it, so he threw it to Schonetzel. The new Knights of the Round Table could only listen to Schonetzel's arrangements.
Currently, Britaria also had a lot of internal problems. Luluxiu could not be considered to have truly controlled the country and had not tied the country together. If he wanted to spread his influence, he still needed to do a lot of work. Under such circumstances, it was not that the forces of the other countries close to Britaria and the colonies did not want to take advantage of the internal chaos in Britaria to do something. Some forces had made such moves, but after the Black Knights suddenly appeared, destroyed the forces of both sides and left, no other forces did so.
It was hard to understand why the Black Knights appeared. Now that Britaria was in its most chaotic period, although their appearance destroyed the defensive forces of the Black Knights and the offensive forces of other forces, this action seemed to be helping Britaria no matter how one looked at it. It was inevitable that people would associate the Black Knights with Britaria, or more accurately, with Luluxiu.
Initially, Luluxiu was unwilling to let the Black Knights appear in such a situation to prevent unnecessary guesses from other forces. However, Xiao Ran vetoed Luluxiu's idea and chose the Black Knights as the key to maintaining external stability.
As for why, Luluxiu did not really jump out of his current environment and identity to consider the actions of the Black Knights. However, his worries were unnecessary in Xiao Ran's eyes. From an objective standpoint, the Black Knights pursued peace and stability, without the sacrifice of innocent civilians.
And if those forces really launched an attack and gained benefits from it, there would definitely be more forces taking advantage of Britaria's most chaotic period to join in and take a share of the profits. If things went wrong, the entire Britaria would fall into chaos and civil war would break out, leading to even more chaotic situations. Therefore, even though the Black Knights' appearance seemed to be helping Luluxiu, it was actually for the sake of world stability.
Following that, Xiao Ran's arrangements were even more ruthless. He directly ordered all the military forces at the border to retreat as a whole, as though he was not going to obstruct them. However, he started countless construction projects, namely road repair. Not a single Britarian soldier was present at the important strongholds and the border, but countless construction teams appeared. Countless civilians began to repair the roads, strongholds, and defensive lines. Such a god-like operation caused everyone who was watching covetously to be incomparably astonished. At this point, not a single faction dared to send out troops to probe and harass them. Gradually, some people saw the reason why the Britarian Empire was doing this, and also the 'reason' why the Black Knights were involved in the battle.
Those who saw the reason secretly cursed the shamelessness of the person who came up with this plan. The Black Knights intervened in the war to prevent chaos from spreading, but Britaria's withdrawal of troops directly threw the border and defensive lines to the civilians was shameless. They shamelessly and insidiously fought for time to repair the roads, strongholds, and defensive lines at the border. Furthermore, they made the powerful Black Knights into free fighters. Who would dare to attack them? If they did, they would be attacking the civilians. It would be strange if the Black Knights did not appear. Damn it, they could actually do such a thing. Even if the righteous Black Knights knew that this was an overt scheme of Britaria, they could only accept it because this was their justice and philosophy. Many people understood this point and expressed that they had learned something.
Xiao Ran expressed that this was just a basic operation and there was nothing to be proud of. The three consecutive strikes of the Black Knights intervening, the military forces retreating, and the civilians stepping forward to work directly dispelled the thoughts of sharing the spoils. They began to send envoys to the capital of Britaria to get in touch with the new Britarian Emperor, Luluxiu, to listen to the so-called agreement, and to exchange views with other countries.
During this period of time, Xiao Ran did not intervene in Britaria's national affairs. Instead, he was busy with another matter, which was the only threat to Luluxiu in Britaria, the Church.
Luluxiu learned about the existence of the Church from the controlled Charles. Then, he was called over by Xiao Ran from the 11th District. After figuring out the location of the Church, Xiao Ran led the Scarlet Knights to sweep through the entire Church. He was not killed, but was sealed in the same container that was originally sealed. The other members of the Church were directly killed by Xiao Ran and the Scarlet Knights in this clean-up without mercy. Only a few members who were useful in Xiao Ran's eyes were left behind and were all imprisoned.
The destruction of the Church was completed in a very short period of time. Next, it was time to arrange for the captives and eliminate the influence of the Church. Many of the captured members of the Church had the GEASS ability, both the conventional GEASS and the artificial GEASS. However, more GEASS ability users died in the clean-up. The remaining people were basically the researchers of the Church. These people had studied GEASS for a long time and created artificial GEASS ability users. The GEASS ability users were still very useful to the people who had the GEASS ability elimination device.
For these people, Xiao Ran did not let Luluxiu control them with GEASS. These people could come into contact with the GEASS elimination device, so it was meaningless to control them all at once. On the other hand, Xiao Ran's GEASS ability could affect them for a long time. Like boiling a frog in warm water, the GEASS elimination device could not do much. In the end, the only one who could control these people was Xiao Ran, and most of his time was wasted on this.
After the fall of Charles, the Special Task Force could finally start their work with great fanfare. Now, the Special Task Force in the 11th District was no longer as safe as before due to the changes in the situation. The overall migration work had officially begun. The entire Special Task Force would migrate to the capital. As for the time, it was not as simple as the first one. There were too many things that needed to be moved, and they were too important. Almost an entire army, more than a hundred large transport aircraft, and Corgi personally led the Scarlet Knights to move. With so many people invested, it would take almost a week to complete the migration.
Because the Special Task Force was too important, Xiao Ran's attention was always on the work of the Special Task Force. Ryukino also mixed in with the Special Task Force and paid attention to the migration.
By now, everything was on the right track. There was a general arrangement and direction for everything. They had the strength and support, and they even took down two legions as their own fighters. As long as they followed the prescribed order, they would be able to complete this mission.
However, there was still a small problem in front of Xiao Ran, and that was Euphemia. When the naive Euphemia saw Luluxiu sitting on the throne, the pain of being deceived by the most trusted person lingered in her heart. That day, Euphemia cried herself to sleep in her room. After that, she did not have any contact with Xiao Ran at all. She also did not see Ryukino, who lived under the same roof as her. Every day, she had a sad expression on her face and did not care about anything.
Xiao Ran learned about this situation from Ryukino. When Ryukino told Xiao Ran about it, he didn't have any special emotions. He just calmly told Xiao Ran about it.
Although Xiao Ran knew about it, he couldn't leave because of the church's matters. However, for the naive girl Euphemia, Xiao Ran more or less felt a little apologetic for using her. It wasn't until the grand official coronation ceremony held by Luluxiu in the capital that Xiao Ran had the time to go to the 11th District.
。 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
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