Chapter 96
Reinog and Yadai had mixed feelings when they talked about the Bovell Kingdom.
After all, the Bovell Kingdom were the losers who had failed in their struggle for the throne and were driven out of the Trak Kingdom by the victors, thus becoming far removed from their homeland.
They were also a group of exiles forced into the Far Northern Highlands.
Losers are never remembered.
Over the years, the Trak Kingdom had long forgotten about them.
A long time has passed, and the kings of the Trak Kingdom have changed several times.
Those who failed in their struggle for the throne and were banished from the country are perhaps only remembered by the older generation of the Trak Kingdom family.
As for the younger generation, we can probably only find out by looking through royal records.
This history is no secret in the Trak Kingdom.
Reinog was very curious about this for a while, so he looked into it in detail. After satisfying his curiosity, he put it out of his mind and didn't care much about it.
He never expected that the situation would be completely reversed— the Trak Kingdom was defeated and destroyed, and the entire nation became slaves of the Anas Empire.
They were all subsequently bought back by the lord... and now the Anas Empire is divided...
The situation is truly unpredictable.
Reinog's feelings at this moment were also hard to describe.
After being expelled from the Trak Kingdom, this branch of the Bovell Kingdom was driven further north into the frigid lands, where they lived in isolation and struggled to survive.
From abandoning their Trak Kingdom identity to establishing the Bovell Kingdom, finding a way to survive, and stabilizing the country... it took them a considerable amount of time and a brutal process of natural selection.
In addition, the Trak Kingdom was "blocking their way," and they rarely ventured out of the Far Northern Highlands...
Therefore, the Bovell Kingdom was rarely known to outsiders.
Before the Saint Airo Empire launched its attack on the Bovell Kingdom, almost no one had heard of the existence of such a small country in the Far Northern Highlands.
After the Trak Kingdom was destroyed by the Anas Empire, the Bovell Kingdom never remained silent again.
They devised a way to connect the Far Northern Highlands with the outside world and gradually began to venture out of the Far Northern Highlands.
After the Anas Empire split, the territory of the Trak Kingdom, which had been previously occupied, was also lost during the chaos of the empire— Bovell Kingdom took advantage of this opportunity to attack, with incredibly fierce fighting power.
Today, the Bovell Kingdom has completely occupied the territory within the Trak Kingdom.
His Majesty the King of the Bovell Kingdom was a descendant of the lineage that was expelled from the royal family at that time, and he may still be related to Reinog by blood.
However, given the grudges of the previous generation, they would be enemies even if they met.
The most significant news event recently has been the war between the Bovell Kingdom and the Saint Airo Empire.
The outcome of the first round of the confrontation between the two countries was unexpected by everyone.
--It turned out that the cavalry sent by the Empire had been defeated. The Bovell Kingdom was fierce and barbaric, and with the advantage of terrain, they almost annihilated the Empire's cavalry.
This was a war in which a smaller force triumphed over a larger one, taking everyone by surprise.
However, the Saint Airo Empire will likely not accept defeat so easily, otherwise its dignity would be difficult to maintain.
Therefore, the upcoming war is expected to last for some time, depending on how long the Bovell Kingdom can withstand the empire's invasion and occupation.
Some people even set up betting odds specifically for this.
Most people were betting on the Empire's victory; although the Bovell Kingdom won its first battle, it was not considered a strong contender.
Cyrus knew, however, that the Kingdom of □□ville would ultimately not be conquered by the Saint Airo Empire.
Because the king of this country is the male supporting character in the original book. He remains the king until the end, and he never marries, always loving the female lead.
Speaking of characters in the original book who have names—aside from the male and female leads, and the male and female supporting characters—there are all sorts of cannon fodder... He's one of them.
But whether it's His Holiness the Pope, a Grand Duke, or a leader...
These three characters were essentially background figures in the original book.
The story in the original book mainly takes place in the Saint Airo Empire, so it is naturally told from the female protagonist's perspective. Most of the stories revolve around love and romance, with very little depiction of changes between other countries.
For example, His Holiness the Pope, favored by the Creator God, is a highly competent and unattainable being.
He lived a secluded life within the Holy See, had no interest in worldly matters, and only appeared briefly in the original book when the male and female protagonists got married.
[Honestly, I've been using this app to follow my favorite books lately. It has multiple reading sources, various voice options, and works on both Android Apple.]
The novel describes him thus: Of all the popes, Segalot Wordsworth Augsger was undoubtedly the most outstanding. He was deeply favored by the Creator God; the golden light of the sun shone into his eyes, and the radiance of the moonlight enveloped him...
This is a day that will be remembered by the world.
His Holiness the Pope himself attended Shamir Phoebe's wedding.
His presence added an extra layer of glory to this highly anticipated wedding.
Everyone who attended the wedding felt incredibly honored, and their gazes involuntarily and cautiously drifted toward His Holiness the Pope, who rarely made public appearances.
He sat upright in a tall, crystal-cast chair, one hand casually resting on the back. His cold, majestic golden eyes seemed to gaze downwards yet also elsewhere, as if the myriad joys and bustling world of humanity were beyond his reach...
Shamir couldn't make out his face clearly, only remembering his unforgettable eyes. Upon seeing them, her heart leaped in fright, and she dared not look any longer.
The cardinal received the crown woven from the Divine Flower Belanka from the Pope's hands.
The elderly cardinal himself descended from the platform to place the wreath on Shamir Phoebe's head... Shamir quickly regained her composure and stopped paying attention to the Pope.
Her heart was now completely occupied by her lover, and she finally married him...
This is the only description of Pope Segalot in the original book.
Grand Duke Orville and Archibald, the leader of the Nagabi Merchant Guild, were far away in the Anas Empire, and they were not described in much detail in the original book.
However, the fragmentation of the Anas Empire was mentioned.
Therefore, in the end of the original book, the Saint Airo Empire became the only empire on the Western Continent, only lacking the unification of the continent.
The Plot Deviation Value has now reached 50%.
From the moment Cyrus ruthlessly executed the ill-intentioned Butler Johnson at the beginning, everything slowly began to deviate and change.
At least in the original book, Cyrus Desinia was always a minor count, and the Gadayat Kingdom was not destroyed, nor was Gaina.
Cyrus's flashback ends.
He glanced at Reinog, now over 1.9 meters tall and with his broadened muscles... and slowly asked, "Are the people of the Bovell Kingdom... all stronger than you?"
After all, to survive in the harsh Far Northern Highlands, their physical strength must be even more astonishing.
The inventor, now a renowned inventor in the region, smiled upon hearing this.
Reinog showed off the bulging muscles on his arm and said, "Although I haven't seen them in person, they were once Trak Kingdom, so they should have grown taller and stronger to adapt to their environment."
Wouldn't they all be over two meters tall?
Cyrus thought for a moment and clicked her tongue in amazement.
He's just listening out of curiosity.
Because the king of the Bovell Kingdom is a supporting male character in the original book, he is described as a cruel, fierce, and decisive person.
But when he accidentally saw the female lead, he was attracted by her cute and innocent personality. Then, the fierce wolf was tamed into a loyal dog, and all sorts of mind-blowing and toe-grinding actions... were mind-numbing.
Cyrus stroked her chin, thinking—no one had expected that these losers, banished to the Far Northern Highlands, would develop a fierce and ruthless temperament and aggression after experiencing brutal natural selection.
After establishing the Bovell Kingdom, they conquered the snowfields and emerged from the highlands step by step. They not only held out against the attacks of the Saint Airo Empire, but also brutally occupied various large and small tribes and kingdoms in the north.
Within a few years, the Bovell Kingdom had become a powerful kingdom that could rival the Saint Airo Empire.
The king of the Bovell Kingdom was exceptional in both intelligence and strategy.
This man, despite his immense ambition, abandoned his hostility towards the Saint Airo Empire at the heroine's urging, and even retreated back to the north...
I completely cannot understand it.
Is the power of mindless love really that strong?!
Cyrus instinctively covered her head with her hands, afraid that she too would become brain-dead and mentally challenged under the Mary Sue protagonist's halo.
He checked the Plot Deviation Value on the system interface again, and his worried mood improved a little.
Yadai then saw the young lord's pretty, fair face first furrow in distress, then slowly relax, pat his head with both hands, and mutter a few words with a relieved expression.
Yadai didn't quite hear him, but that didn't stop him from smiling at the young lord.
The war between the Bovell Kingdom and the Saint Airo Empire lasted for half a year.
The two countries fought from the cold winter to the hot summer. People gambled again and again, with wins and losses, but their belief that the Bovell Kingdom would inevitably be occupied by the empire gradually changed.
In the end, the Saint Airo Empire was powerless against the Bovell Kingdom.
The fierce, barbaric, and reckless fighting style of the Bovell Kingdom caused numerous setbacks for the Empire's cavalry. Seeing that the continued war would inevitably further deplete the Empire's resources, the Saint Airo Empire began withdrawing its attacking cavalry...
Thus, the war gradually subsided.
After the Bovell Kingdom occupied the territory that originally belonged to the Trak Kingdom, the Povil people began to slowly migrate down from the Far Northern Highlands.
They moved back into the country that had once belonged to them.
But it's probably because they've lived in an extremely cold place for a long time.
Some people found it difficult to adjust to the warmer climate of this region compared to the highlands—among them King Gena Kozmo of the Bovell Kingdom.
So, Gena Kozmo usually continues to live in the cold, high mountains and doesn't leave easily.
The warriors of the Bovell Kingdom specially opened up a path for His Majesty the King to travel between the city and the ice fortress high in the mountains, where they could temporarily recuperate after the war with the Saint Airo Empire ended.
But they did not stop there.
The territory of the Bovell Kingdom has been expanding—the small tribes in the far north are being slowly eroded...
Meanwhile, Cyrus began to study the "Water of Life."