However, this process had lasted nearly a century. If not for the players like Brando, who were able to take advantage of the discrepancy between the in-game and real-world flow of time, they might truly have been unable to witness the entire process of the Undead Empire's integration.
In fact, even after the integration, all sorts of problems remained. Whether in the First Era or the Second Era, as far as the Mercury Staff was concerned, those who were truly loyal to her were still the Dark Nobles of the Land of Eternal Death, a small number of liches from Balakirevo, and the faction of the Queen of the Banshees that had formed later.
Thus, Delphine's words were not entirely baseless. As she listed each of these problems and used them to support her argument for dividing Madara in two and ruling the two territories separately, Brando was surprised to discover that the Chancellor's daughter seemed to have a deep understanding of Madara as well.
But he knew that just a few weeks ago, this young lady had definitely not understood the Black Rose of Bromanto so well. When he had been in Rushta, he had discussed some matters concerning the relationship between Eluin and Madara with her. At the time, she had known very little about it, merely mentioning that, as his aide, she would look up more information on the subject if she had the opportunity.
He had not expected her to actually do so.
Brando knew that Delphine had harbored no goodwill toward him at the time. For her to go this far could only mean that, in order to play her role well, this lady had truly gone all out.
To think that he had been targeted by a woman like this and had still survived