On the 11th of February, Lady Casfern and Duke Gisoleiox, Hagan, took the lead. She officially started the process of impeachment against the King. An official letter was sent to the court of Curona, demanding an explanation from Richard for his failure.
Just like the Electors of the Empire had the right to impeach the Emperor, the Dukes of Brittany also had the right to impeach the King.
The Duchess and the Duke were "enemies". When the Duke was unable to exercise his authority, the Duchess could exercise it on his behalf.
Facing Lady Casfern's questioning, Richard had no choice but to accept the challenge. The King gave a serious reply.
"This is a war between Casfern and Palawon and the Empire, not between Brittany and the Empire. The Royal Court has never incited Casfern to start this war at any time, at any place. I have also never expressed my support for Casfern on any occasion." Richard gave a serious reply.
However, Lady Casfern was prepared.
"As the King of Brittany, His Majesty Emperor Denoa-Jean Richard de l 'Angouland did not oppose or dissuade Casfern's military actions. Secondly, when the war was already started, the King, as the leader of the country, did not support or support Casfern's actions. Lastly, when Casfern was defeated and captured, the King did not attempt to rescue him or make any diplomatic attempts."
"Therefore, based on the above, we believe that Richard, as the King, has direct and indirect responsibility for this war. The finance department of the Kingdom should negotiate with the Empire through a formal diplomatic note to pay the ransom for Casfern. At the same time, an explanation should be given for not providing sufficient resources to the expeditionary force."
Obviously, the two sides had completely different views on this matter.
As the King, Richard's point of view was that he did not incite Casfern to start this war. Since Casfern declared war on the Empire in the name of the Duchy of Palawon and himself, then this was his own war and not the Kingdom's. He had to take full responsibility for this.
Sounds reasonable, doesn't it?
Indeed, this was a war between Casfan and the Pallavon Duchy and the Empire. But as the King, Richard knew about this from the start. As the King and the leader of the kingdom, Richard should support this war and provide sufficient resources and knights to increase Casfan's chances of victory.
Perhaps Richard could also object to this war. As the king, he should understand Kasvann's disadvantage. If he stepped forward to stop Kasvann and Kasvann did not agree and insisted on starting the war, then Kasvann would be the one to take full responsibility.
As the king, Richard neither agreed nor disagreed. He did not choose to provide support for Kasvann. After Kasvann was captured, he did not negotiate with the Empire about the ransom through diplomatic channels.
What kind of king was this?
Casfern's wife was born in a noble family. She had relatives all over the kingdom's nobles. What she proposed was also very reasonable. This was Richard's duty in the first place. But what was Richard doing?
"This is Richard's way of doing things," Morgiana pulled Laing's hand and the two sat side by side on the chair.
This was Richard's way of doing things. In short, Richard did not want the relationship between Brittany and the Empire to be broken. But he also did not want Kasvann to be unhappy because of this.
Therefore, the King's way of doing things was to mediate between the two parties. To the Empire, he would explain that this was Kasvann's personal action. To Kasvann, his attitude was ambiguous. He did not explicitly object and tacitly allowed it.
This was Richard's way of doing things. He did not want to offend anyone. This was why Emperor Karl-franz said that Richard would not help Kasvann.
Morgiana was very dissatisfied with this matter. If she was here, she would definitely stop Kasvann's actions. This human civil war would not have started.
Because of this, Kasvann's wife received unexpected support from the upper echelons of the kingdom.
On the 13th of February, Count Hendrick, Count Allen, Baron Carey, and the other 13 nobles announced that they supported Kasvann's wife and questioned the King.
On the 14th of February, Knight of the Holy Grail Sibman, Prophet of the Lake Kory, Baron Connell, and the other 31 nobles announced that they supported Duchess Palawon's impeachment against the King.
On the 17th of February, Duke Fulcade of Montfort and Duke Theodoric of Berleon announced that they supported Duchess Palawon's impeachment against the King.
Richard immediately fell into a terrible situation. The King did not expect so many nobles to support him. He had no choice but to call for another court meeting to explain himself.
Otherwise, he would not be able to keep his throne.
After a day of arguing, there was no result. Both sides had their own supporters. The King obviously would not accept the ransom paid by the kingdom's treasury. Therefore, the situation fell into a stalemate and argument.
Usually, at this point, both sides would have their own opinions and no one would be able to convince the other. At this point, the King should look for the Lake Goddess Witch and let her arbitrate on this matter.
However, the problem was that Morgiana was heavily injured. None of the nobles knew where to look for her. A few, such as François, kept their mouths shut and did not say a word on this matter.
Since both sides could not find Morgiana, they tried to look for Laing, the Chosen of Gods champion of the Lake Goddess.
Laing also shut himself in and refused to see any guests.
The nobles had no way of knowing the opinion of the Lake Goddess on this matter. At this point, both sides could not back down.
"I should be the arbiter. Richard and Kasvann have to take responsibility for this matter!" Morgiana's beautiful face was filled with anger. "Who gave Kasvann the courage to declare war on the Empire alone? Richard, as the King, did not support or stop him. He did not fulfill his responsibilities as the King! "
"You can't go out. The vampires have never given up on looking for you. I have already eliminated several waves of their scouts." Laing shook his head and grabbed Morgiana's small hand. "At least not before you recover."
Morgiana's expression was a little conflicted. This answer was not unexpected. The Lake Goddess Witch sighed. "Alright, I'll listen to you."
"Morgiana, if you were the arbiter, what would you decide?" Laing continued to ask.
"Ten thousand." Morgiana thought for a moment and said, "Let's find ten thousand. Kasvann will pay the rest. At the same time, send someone to negotiate with Karl-Franz and find a way to discuss the details of the ransom. Kasvann and two thousand knights have already been captured. We can only think of a way to reduce the ransom at the negotiating table."
"Well, that's the only way." Laing knew that it was not suitable for him to appear.
He was the King's vassal. There was a basic relationship between the King and his vassal. Kasvann had done many things wrong to him, but from the current situation, it was not suitable for Laing to appear.
Besides, Morgiana was still in a heavily injured state. She could not appear either.
What direction would this political tide lead to?
… …
On the 18th of February, the tide in the Kingdom's court became more and more intense. Three meetings were held in the court. Richard was not a Holy Grail Knight, and his prestige was relatively limited. Facing the joint impeachment of Kasvann, hundreds of nobles, and hundreds of knights, he was in a mess. Even if Duke Lyonasser and Duke Bordero came to support him, the King was still at a disadvantage.
On the 20th of February, the impeachment of Richard reached its climax. Hundreds of knights and thousands of captive knights' families blocked the entrance of the palace, demanding that the King take responsibility for this matter. Many of the knights' families brought their families, including women and children, to the palace's entrance, crying and banging on the door. They demanded that the King give a solution to this matter and ransom the captive knights.
In order to appease the nobles and the captive knights' families, Richard had no choice but to send an envoy to the capital of the Empire, Brunswick, to negotiate with Emperor Karl-franz about the ransom. On the other hand, he sent out the royal knights to appease the captive knights' families in front of the palace. Then, he arrested some of the families who led the crowd.
Richard thought that his actions would calm the public's anger, but Kasvann's wife ordered even more captive knights' families to block the entrance. Marquis Taubert, who was in charge of the palace guards, wrote a letter of resignation to Richard. He volunteered to resign from his position as the chief of the palace guards.
Richard refused, so he turned to the head of the Grail Knights' branch in Kurona, Master of the Grail Knights, for help.
Master of the Grail Knights led five of the knights to the palace to persuade the captive knights' families to calm down. At the same time, he arrested a few of the troublemakers.
The Grail Knights' reputation was obviously useful. Under Master of the Grail Knights' persuasion, the families dispersed and gathered in the inns and taverns of Kurona, waiting for the King's explanation.
Three days passed, and there was still no news from the palace.
Kasvann's wife and the nobles were furious. They started the impeachment process again, demanding an explanation from Richard.
Master of the Grail Knights, Master of the Grail Knights, was also furious. He also wrote a letter of resignation, requesting to resign from his position as the head of the Kurona branch.
Richard hurriedly ordered Master of the Grail Knights to stay, and at the same time, prepared to deal with the impeachment process again. Richard, who was under great pressure, realized that the situation had changed.
Without Morgiana's mediation, the King himself could not command the Grail Knights. Kasvann's wife had already begun to point the spear at Richard himself.
If this continued, the Dukes would probably come to the palace to elect a new King!
Of course, Richard was not the kind of person to be taken advantage of. In the following meeting, the King expressed that since the nobles were not satisfied with the way he handled the situation, he could call for a Kingdom Assembly of Knights. Whatever the Assembly of Knights decided, he would do as the nobles said.
Richard's arrogant attitude immediately attracted the sympathy of a large number of neutral nobles. This was because the king did not make any obvious mistakes in this matter. At most, he could only be evaluated as "careless" or "dereliction of duty", which was far from the serious consequences of being forced to abdicate. Regarding this matter, Richard's handling of it was considered normal. It was not outstanding, but there were not too many mistakes either.
Besides, even if Richard was forced to abdicate and the impeachment was established, who would pull the King off the throne?
In the past, it was the current Lake Goddess Witch who led the Grail Knights to do this, but the problem was that Morgiana was seriously injured and missing.
Richard's statement finally forced Duke Lauan Leo Cornwall, the Knight of the Holy Grail, to step forward and ask both sides to calm down and return to the negotiation table.
Kasvann's wife also realized that she would not be able to get a good result if she continued to cause trouble, so the two sides finally returned to the negotiation table in the palace.
After a long time of negotiation, they still could not reach a conclusion.
South of Brittany, Winford Duchy, capital of Helenhilde.
François was sitting in his study. The Duke leisurely picked up a glass of wine and said to the person sitting opposite him, "Boch, you finally came."
Berchemund, Duke of Bastogne, sat opposite François. He took out a letter and handed it to François, "Richard is in a terrible situation. He begged me to step in and mediate this matter."
François nodded silently.
The Duke also felt that things were getting out of hand. In a situation where both sides could not reach a consensus, the Lake Goddess Witch should step in and mediate. She would come up with a compromise. Since she represented the will of the Lake Goddess, the nobles would not have any objections.
The core of the problem was that Morgiana was seriously injured and was now hiding in Laing's territory to recuperate.
If Morgiana could not step in, then it would be Laing's turn. The Lake Goddess Witch had made it clear to the nobles that Laing would take over her duties when she was not around.
François thought that Laing could not show up in this matter. Firstly, Laing was the King's vassal. If he sided with the King, he would be seen as colluding with the King. If Laing sided with Lady Casfern's faction, he would be seen as not fulfilling his duties as a vassal.
Secondly, although Laing was in the limelight in the kingdom, he was still not as prestigious as the Lake Goddess Witch. The solution he gave would not satisfy everyone, and he would not be able to use his prestige to silence everyone.
Therefore, it was best for Laing to stay in his room and refuse to see guests. He did not get involved in this matter. The excuse he gave was perfect, and that was that Laing had connections with many Kurfürst and nobles in the Empire. He had to avoid suspicion in this matter.
Morgiana did not appear, and Laing refused to express his opinion. No one in the palace could convince anyone, and this led to the matter going completely out of control.
Now, the only people who had the ability to arbitrate were the leader of the Knights of the Holy Grail, the legendary Green Knight, and the Duke of the Red Dragon, Berchemund. Berchemund was a direct descendant of the first Knight King, Arthur. He was also a Saint-level expert and enjoyed great prestige in the kingdom. Richard had no choice but to ask him to arbitrate.
However, Berchemund was not interested in internal affairs. That was why he came to ask François how he should deal with this matter.
"Perhaps you should ask Laing for his opinion on this matter." François said in a low voice.
"Laing? Didn't he refuse to see guests? Richard sent out several groups of envoys, but they did not see him. "Berchemund frowned." I might not be able to see him either. "
"I'll ask Suria to go with you." François said in a low voice, "Suria is his fiancée. He must see her. Trust me, Laing will give you a satisfactory answer."
Berhemond breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's do it."
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