ARCHDEUS

EPILOGUE (VOLUME 2)

A horseman confidently flew the flag of the Kingdom of Artchania to the site of the war.

Even if it is alone, it is not afraid of stray attacks. Instead, he shouted with great courage to the two sides who were currently fighting.

"Stop war! Stop war!"

"In the name of His Majesty King Theodore II, the Kingdom of Artchania ordered Otilia and Canadia to stop the war!" continued.

Of course the man's shout made the soldiers who heard it hesitate especially when the king's noble name was mentioned confidently.

Not long after the presence of the messenger, from everyone's point of view, a large convoy was seen moving closer.

***

In a large open field, thousands of people gathered.

They consisted of the liberation warriors of Otilia, Peter's loyal soldiers, and the Canadians.

In front of them, a young man with full charisma sat down with great dignity.

Prince Henry Francois Gregory Augustus, one of the three princes had arrived in the County of Otilia. He was the one who led a convoy of royal forces from the capital to Otilia in the name of enforcing the legislation order of the House of Parliament.

Now both Peter, Clotildy, and all the military officials were on their knees and bowed their eyes before the prince.

"Based on the command of His Majesty King Theodore II the Most Merciful God, His Majesty, inspired by the decisions of the House of Parliament, has come to realize that the Otilian civil war and the intervention of the Canadians were very detrimental to the state, and so with the wisdom of the Greatness My Lord ordered to stop the Otilian Civil War and ordered to his loyal subjects the March of Canadia to exercise restraint and withdraw its troops from the territory of Otilia" the prince said.

The two obediently agreed with the prince's words.

Based on the prince's remarks, both sides realized that something had happened in the capital.

For Clotildy this was good news as they eventually won and were able to regain the county.

But for Peter this is a bad order because in addition to his defeat this is also a sign that he will definitely be brought to justice on war crimes charges.

Unfortunately he can't be rash now.

In front of him right now was a prince who on his left right stood the great nobles.

The nobles consisted mainly of a coalition of Norchaster and Sandwealth.

Duke of Norchaster, Count of Great Manest, Count of Hildalion, Count of Artheven, and Count of Bluemon.

The grand nobles of the Sandwealth coalition were attended by the Count of Yorksall, the Count of Otilia and representatives of Sandwealth, Sintheny, Granadia, Morhust, and Fertiphile.

This was more than half of the grand nobles the kingdom had.

Peter glanced at Philip, Count of Otilia. He was her father and the one who helped her secretly. Philip was throwing his face away.

Peter realized no one could help him at this moment. He has lost.

The parties eventually signed a document known as the Treaty of Revouille concerning the peace of the Otilian Civil War signed by all parties to the conflict. As well as the Canadian War Crimes against its occupation of Otilia and Yorksall.

***

Revouille, County of Otilia.

The victory of Otilia in the civil war gave pride and achievement to the dynasty.

The Countess of Otilia, Euginie gave thanks to all those who helped his county especially to the Fertiphile and Morhust represented by Alex and Regis.

This was the county's third diplomatic victory.

Unfortunately this celebration is not a big event. Because Otilia suffered a lot of losses during the war and still the eruption of the war of the Kingdom of Archania-Ibeltia made the Otilia make a ceremony that seemed simple.

This event was attended by all the great nobles and their representatives who supported Otilia and Yorksall.

"In the face of this war, I am Euginie de'Pauline Otilia, Countess of Otilia, by the grace of the Almighty Gods, and the Permission of His Majesty King Theodore II the Conferred God, I appoint Alexander Ivanov Fertiphile, son of Harol Kazastian Fertiphile as the new ruler of the Ducoumont Region and will be known as Baron Alexander of Alexandreia."

Euginie's words were answered by the applause of everyone present.

This was big news since one of the sons of Count Fertiphile was now appointed a baron by the grand noble. Since the baron was a low-level noble so usually his appointment did not require the presence of the royal party. But because Prince Henry is still here, this ceremony was inaugurated by the royal side.

Previously, Euginie had the advice of her husband to give Alex the title of baron for having given real participation during the war.

The idea certainly got a good reception. In addition, before the announcement of course they had asked Alex about his willingness to get the title baron.

Alex got a territory or barony called Ducoumont. The territory was once ruled by a baron who sided with Peter. But since the victory of Otilia, all the lowly nobles who sided with Peter were officially stripped of their titles and rights by Otilia as Grand Nobles. So as is tradition, the Ducoumont region will change its name to the Alexandreia region which shows that the region is now ruled by a new dynasty, the Alexandreia Dynasty and Alex himself will be the founding father of the dynasty.

In the end, the five lowly noble houses who sided with Peter were sentenced to be hanged to death and their dynasties were destroyed.

Alex got one of those former barony counties.

Although when the announcement about his appointment, Alex's face only gave a thin smile but in his heart he could not help but give a big smile.

From the beginning, this was the plan. He and Philip had done the deal secretly. In his agreement, Alex would cover up Philip's guilt and betrayal of Otilia and would also advise Euginie for leniency to Peter. Peter was to be sentenced to death at first but in various ways especially when Alex attributed the public's view of Otilia to the deliberate execution of the eldest son so that his matriarchal dynasty could continue to survive it would be bad to be heard. So in the end Peter got a life sentence.

This is a treaty known only to a few, Alex, Philip, Otto and Regis.

"Wow, you're so creepy" Regis said

After the event was over, Regis and Alex chatted four eyes in one of the rooms in the mansion.

"But how can you think that far?" ask Regis.

"Let's know, who knows it could all be like this."

Alex didn't tell me his idea at all. Whereas it was actually simple, If you look at the context of the war in Otilia, it was originally started by a civil war before it ended with a fief war. So there is definitely an internal feud in Otilia.

Alex's idea became more successful thanks to the presence of Philip who happened to be the opposite party to Otilia so that he could smoothly run his idea.

“Hmm .. but it's not like you,” Regis said.

“What do you mean?” ask Alex.

“I mean, you're not the one who's interested in something like power. But now, you are suddenly motivated to follow the noble war because you want to get the title of baron.”

What Regis said was not wrong. As far as he knows, Alex is not a person who likes things like politics or inheritance succession. But his actions that come out of his character make this all strange.

“Oh, you don't need to be confused. I want this title not because I'm thirsty for power but well you know, maybe as insurance. Sooner or later I will be expelled from the county so before that happens I'd better have another place to stay instead of.”

Since Alex was not interested in the succession of his family's legacy, he would sooner or later be expelled by the next count, one of his two brothers. Especially with his complicated family relationships, Alex could not expect much of the dynasty in the future. That's why it's much better for Alex to have his own territory. At least he could take some distance from his family now and not rely too much on them.

Regis nodded in understanding. Then he suddenly remembered something.

"Oh yeah, I heard you're meeting the Duke of Norchaster today?" ask Regis.

"I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling. Be careful," he continued.

"Well, even if I don't know what might happen but obviously I'll always be careful."

Alex then goes to the duke's place.

In contrast to them, the duke preferred to stay in a luxurious inn in the county capital instead of in the mansion belonging to Otilia. Possibly because Otilia and Norchaster are in different political coalitions so that the two indirectly make a distance.

Alex, led by servants from the Norchaster House, immediately went to the duke's residence with a luxury horse-drawn carriage. He arrived at the inn. The shape is indeed quite luxurious and worthy of being occupied by a noble.

Alex at the time did not know what to expect when he got there. If only his ability as the All-Knowing could still have in this human body, he would definitely not have gone there because when Alex conversed with Duke Norchaster for the first time, the duke suddenly said to him with a dangerous question.

"I never knew a swordsman like Fertiphile had a child capable of mastering magic."