ARCHDEUS

IMPEACHMENTS(4)

Hadalon, capital of the March of Canadia

Marquess Canadia had returned to her territory after a long meeting in the capital. But he came back in a bad mood.

In his study, the Marquess was only pensive while thinking about all the things that had happened in the capital.

The defeat of his coalition in parliament has ruined all his plans.

Not only that, the fall of their cabinet had made him and the other marquess scolded by Prince Albert.

"Don't blame us if you're not as good as your brother!"

Marquess Canadia could not help but vent her emotions especially when all the trouble seemed to be charged at them.

Not only that, although not directly but all members of his coalition assume the cause of this error comes from him.

The attacks he made on Yorksall and Otilia have made the two coalitions that should have been eternal enemies now political allies.

But of course Marquess Canadia rejected the accusation.

"It was because of Hornwall's incompetence that he lost his position as prime minister."

From the very beginning, although Canadia, Whitesburg, and Hornwall were all on the same political affiliation, it did not mean that their views and interests were always in the same direction.

Canadia views Hornwall as too weak to hold the mandate as prime minister. He also considered Whitesburg was too gentle to be a speaker of parliament and a counselor.

On a different point of view, Whitesburg and Hornwall view Canadia as expansionist. They may like his actions that weaken their coalition opponents especially the Sandwealth Coalition. But at the same time they are also concerned about the expansionist behavior of Canadia if at any time he attacks their territory. Especially Hornwall which is quite close to Canadia geographically.

"Damn, now is not the time to be divided."

Now the three marquesses realize Norchaster is now far more dangerous than Sandwealth.

"Now that person holds positions as Grand Chamberlain, Prime Minister, and a duke. He was even the only arcane magician capable of casting tier 8 magic in the kingdom."

With all the authority possessed by the Duke of Norchaster, it was not impossible that soon the person was considered a crownless king in this kingdom due to his influence that would increase drastically.

"That means that old Whitesburg must be very worried."

If Canadia is geographically close to the members of the Sandwealth coalition, then Whitesburg is close to the members of Norchaster.

Not to mention the high probability Norchaster could kick Whitesburg's position as Lord Speaker and Lord Chancellor if he managed to influence the king.

"Unless the king is foolish, he should also now be careful of the influence Norchaster has."

Canadia had to admit with the political constellation now, she could not rely on the power of the House of Lords to limit the influence of Norchaster. Only the House of Spiritists and monarchs were able to limit Norchaster's influence.

Tok tok ...

Canadia's long daydreams were caved in when the butler knocked on her study door.

"My Lord, there's a group of people who want to meet you. They call themselves the Shadow."

People from the Gredonian Empire?!

While attacking Otilia, Marquess Canadia used the services of a group of mercenaries from the Gredonian Empire to help him attack Otilia.

The group of people introduced themselves as Shadow. The name of the organization sounded as if its managers were chuunibyou.

They sent wyvern riders who he said had great abilities.

In the end they were defeated by the Otilians.

The Marquess snorted as if mocking the exaggerated claims of those people.

He arrogantly told the butler to expel the people from the Shadow.

"Tell them, I don't want to meet losers like them. And I'm not going to pay those weak people" he said.

"Okay, my lord."

After the butler left, the Marquess returned pensive with all her thoughts. He must soon have a way out to get through this difficult political time.

One afternoon, Marquess Canadia was walking on a staircase. He wanted to go from the first floor to his room on the second floor. Slowly, the marquess continued to step and step, until she saw a black shadow pass in front of her.

He looked at the window, to make sure it was just the shadow of a large bird like an eagle. But, not a single animal flew at that time. When he looked back to the front, it appeared to him the figure of a huge black creature like smoke. The creature smiled cynically at him. Suddenly, the marquess was shocked in fear. He stepped back, but trembling in fear, the marquess slipped from the stairs. It will fall, but the black creature catches both hands of the marquess .

But that was not to save him, the creature opened its mouth wide. Then, from that mouth, an object like dark smoke came out. The smoke extended out like a root, then slowly into the eyes, mouth, and nose of the marquess . The incident lasted a few minutes.

When the marquess has regained consciousness, she wakes up in her room with a heavy head and dizziness. When he asked the wife, the wife replied that the marquess had fallen down the stairs with a head wound and was unconscious fortunately they quickly called the temple for treatment. Since then, the black creature never appeared again in front of the marquess.

***

A woman stands on one of the roofs of a tall building in the capital.

The woman stared at a large crater not far from her.

The crater was created because of a fight between the Countess of Otilia and one of the wyvern riders.

The crater is quite large at least has a diameter of 30 meters with a depth of up to 4 meters.

Based on the size of the crater is so large, the researchers mainly judge this crater comes from magic level seven and above.

The woman just stared at the crater that was below.

He did not care about the commotion that was going on around the capital.

Although Otilia had managed to survive the civil war and feudal war, in reality they had not escaped the crisis.

Especially when Otilia stated in an open letter that he would arrest the High Priest of Presbhenon of Ravouille. These allegations are not without reason. The Otilia Security Authority claimed that the High Priest had incited a group of people to riot and revolt in the capital. Unfortunately what Otilia has done has triggered an unexpected conflict. The people, especially those who had blind fanaticism towards the temple, staged a massive revolt against the Otilian Dynasty. In addition to the national scene, the House of Spiritual has made a narrative of condemnation over the unwarranted allegations levelled by Otilia against the temple authorities in Ravouille. In addition, all members of his political affiliations, especially Fertiphile, Yorksall, and Sandwealth, regretted Otilia's actions as despicable and selfish. Practically Otilia did not have enough back up in carrying out the execution of the High Priest. But that doesn't mean the insurgency is abating, it is one of the main causes of vandalism and riots in the capital in addition to economic problems.

The woman just stood there without turning her face away.

He muttered to himself.

"He's too much."

The person the woman was talking about was the leader of the wyvern rider, the tempest lady.

The woman knew the tempest lady as an arrogant and reckless person.

Nevertheless he acknowledged the person's prowess.

"However, if he uses his ultimate skill to this extent, doesn't that mean his opponent is strong enough?"

The woman had indeed heard the ability of the Countess of Otilia when she arrived at the kingdom of Artchania. But what made him surprised that the tempest lady was not killed by that person. A stranger who is not very familiar.

Suddenly a dark and dense smoke appeared not far next to the woman.

Before long, the figure of a mysterious person wearing a black robe and a mask shaped like the head of a crow appeared.

"drs. Plague, is your business done?"

The woman did not look at the person beside her at all but she recognized the identity of that person well.

"Marquess won't cooperate with us. So I decided to play with him a little bit" said a person called dr. Plague.

"Forget that guy. How's Sylv doing?"

"He seemed to be enjoying his mission."

"Nox may have told him, but I'll remind you again not to overdo the doll."

"All right, but I'd like to ask. Since we don't need that person anymore, am I allowed to play around with them a little? I happen to have a discovery to test."

Although the face of Dr. Plague was not visible but as if from behind a mask he smiled vilely.

"The longer you look more like Sylv."

dr. Plague laughed awkwardly. He did not dispute the woman's words.

"Yourself," continued the woman.

"Thank you Miss Ignes."

The woman called Ignes did not reply to dr. Plague.

He then switched the conversation.

"Do you know who Tempest Lady's killer is?"

"It wasn't that hard. After all the woman died on the battlefield that many people saw. Based on my observations, he was killed by an oricalchum-like adventurer who had a party called Orion" said Dr. Plague.

"Hoh .. adventurer yes."

Ignes who had been expressionless had slightly pulled the corner of his mouth as if smiling.

Yet it was not a bright smile but a cold smile without any meaning of happiness.

"Where is the adventurer now?"

"Last they were in an area not far from Otilia called Fertiphile" said dr. Plague.