Two days later, Saint Nidor got his wish. He won the election and became the next king.
From that day onward, Riezel and Yuri cast all the votes in their hands for him as well. With that, there was naturally no longer any suspense.
On the day the election results were announced, under the leadership and support of the Letaise Family, who had acted as hosts, Saint Nidor ascended the throne directly and proclaimed the news to the world.
It should not have happened so quickly, but the situation in the Ginas Kingdom was indeed far from ideal. The sooner a king took the throne, the better. Thus, everything was kept simple. Saint Nidor received the Sword of Power, put on the crown, and officially became the king of the Ginas Kingdom that very day.
That same day, Saint Nidor, burning with the vigor of a newly appointed ruler, issued numerous appointments and punishments.
Sharia Corderion was appointed the new Duke Corderion.
Carly Lyatt was appointed the new Earl Lyat.
Kuhart and Boyer were appointed dukes of the new kingdom.
The remaining nobles who had chosen to support him, whether from the Duke Faction or the Royal Faction, all received corresponding rewards and promotions. They had earned the merit of backing the new king.
Besides that, those Royal Faction nobles and Royal Scion who had previously used all manner of underhanded methods to prevent him from taking the throne were either stripped of their status, reduced to commoners, and exiled to the borderlands, or executed on the spot and thrown into prison.
After taking the throne, Saint Nidor carried out such measures on a grand scale, causing an enormous shift in the balance of power among the kingdom's nobility.
This shift was even greater than the one caused by the