For the sake of thoroughness, after selecting the Labyrinth Guardian, Charlotte interrogated Magion in detail once more. He had never expected to learn such earth-shaking news—Morgan Axel had returned to Strasbourg, would ascend the throne in a few days, and would issue a proclamation across all of Fars calling for the subjugation of disloyal subjects.
The news was simply too shocking. It took Charlotte dozens of minutes to recover from the blow.
Charlotte had thought Morgan had long since gone to the New Continent. He had never expected this Crown Prince Morgan Axel to pull off such a brilliant move.
A former dynasty's Crown Prince suddenly appearing and gathering a group of "loyal old ministers" was a plot that had played out many times in the great Eastern nations. Some dynasties had even seen it happen in batches. Even a former emperor coming out to pull such a stunt was nothing unusual. There had been quite a few ancient politicians who hid their claws and played the fool successfully; the most famous was Goujian, the ancient king of Yue.
This Crown Prince was the rightful first heir to the Empire of Fars.
There had been many possible reasons why he had relinquished the throne back then. Perhaps he had believed Count Brittany was too powerful to oppose, so he pretended not to crave power in order to make a comeback someday.
Once news of this Crown Prince's "ascension" spread throughout the Empire of Fars, many people would switch sides and return to the rightful emperor of the Axel Dynasty. Even Cresto, the former commander of the Royal Knight Regiment whom Charlotte valued highly, Aspros, the first deputy commander, and Regulus, the second deputy commander, might return to the Axel Family.
They might even reclaim the Empire of Fars without spilling