After careful consideration, Iver decided to inform the Child of the Moon about his plan to rebuild the Herasul Empire.
He had originally intended to keep it a secret—after all, Iver still had to trick the Children of the Moon into coming over and helping him fight the demons.
If he exposed his motives at this point, those Children of the Moon who yearned to revive the Herasul Empire might instead try to stop him.
However, after thinking it over carefully, Iver realized that the truth was very likely the exact opposite—
It was precisely because he wanted to rebuild the Herasul Empire that the Children of the Moon had to come and help him.
The Children of the Moon had always dreamed of having a country of their own, but obviously—they had no legal claim to one. As a parasitic race derived from humanity, they could not possibly be descendants of any human royal family. The only country that belonged to them was the Narcissus Principality after the Land Partition War.
Yet another problem arose—the direct descendants of the Narcissus Duke were still alive. They could not simply seize power from that little girl, nor did they dare kill her, because that would mean the complete extinction of a royal family truly belonging to the Children of the Moon.
Even if someone reached the pinnacle of power like Queen Louise, it would still be impossible to win people's support. They could only become a "usurper of power."
Of course, if they were powerful enough—powerful enough to overwhelm everything like the Eternal Pope—then they would not need to worry about such things.
The problem was that they were not strong enough. And their weakness had long since become known to everyone.
The strongest among the Children of the Moon was