Charlotte publicly announced that the South Seraph War Zone, the Duchy of Behemoth, and the Red Dragon War Zone had sworn allegiance to Count Brittany. This caused an enormous uproar, with an impact even greater than he had expected.
After Charlotte announced the allegiance of the three major regions, hundreds of nobles successively swore fealty to Count Brittany.
More than ten days later, among the Empire of Fars' twenty-eight directly administered counties, 2,136 noble territories, sixteen autonomous territories, 250 overseas territories, and overseas vassal states, more than fifteen directly administered counties had sworn allegiance to Count Brittany. More than 322 noble territories and autonomous territories had declared their loyalty. The overseas territories and vassal states remained quiet due to their great distance, but they had never had much influence over the Empire's rule anyway. Thirty percent of the territories had recognized Count Brittany's claim to the throne.
Most importantly, Grand Duke Robin and Count Soumei, who had remained silent for so long, both presented Count Brittany with a condition: the throne of Fars had to be inherited by Axel's descendants. If the Count promised to pass the throne to Antonio in the future, they too would swear allegiance.
Count Brittany accepted the condition, and the two nobles with enormous influence in the Empire promptly swore fealty.
By this point, Count Brittany had won the preliminary recognition of the strongest forces within the country and publicly announced that he would ascend the throne in three months!
Charlotte had not expected that being the first to publicly declare his allegiance would produce such an effect. He had to admit that he truly did not understand politics.
Fortunately, this time, he had chosen the right side.
The day after Grand Duke Robin and Count Soumei swore allegiance, Count Brittany summoned Charlotte for the