Chapter 1041
Swan King: Truly baffling.
“—But there’s something I don’t quite understand… Why rebel now? Shouldn’t the Eagle Eye organization be considered your collaborator?”
At this moment, Eivass softly broke the silence that had once again fallen in the room, “And now the Prime Minister of Iris…
“…Isn’t he the leader of the Eagle Eye organization?”
“What?!”
“Huh?”
Arsen and Annie were stunned.
As Iris people, they themselves didn’t know this.
Or rather, it was precisely because they were Iris people that they were blind to it—assassins from the Eagle Eye organization had assassinated quite a few members of the current ruling party, the “Giant Tree Party”!
“As expected…”
Sherlock sighed and put down the teacup in his hand, “This must be what Edward was unwilling to tell me before.”
“But you’ve already guessed it,” Eivass chuckled.
“That’s not guessing,”.
Sherlock retorted to Eivass, “Do you remember the incident where you were assassinated by ‘Bone Sculpture’?
“At that time, the Prime Minister of Iris could have easily blamed the Eagle Eye organization for it, thereby suppressing their influence among the public. The Eagle Eye organization often assassinated various great artists, wealthy merchants, Speakers, and officials. Under the social environment of Iris, this would naturally garner them public support.
“And for someone in power, such an organization would represent ‘instability.’ Now, he finally has the opportunity to suppress it, and even find a way to crack down on it… In this way, this incident isn’t a political crisis for him at all, but rather an opportunity. However, he did not hesitate to pay a great price by significantly shortening his political life to gloss over this matter.
“If this time, it was possible that he and the Eagle Eye organization had reached a deal—then the assassination at the Pope’s election venue would be a piece of news he absolutely couldn’t suppress. Even if Iris and the Church’s relationship wasn’t good, that’s the Elf Kingdom… Iris, suppressed by Star Antinomy, couldn’t possibly provoke such a behemoth of that level. If the Church got angry, it would mean utter destruction—and this matter would be enough to ‘anger the Church.’
“But when I arrived in Iris, almost no newspapers were discussing this matter. I checked past newspapers and found that I couldn’t buy them either—it was said that there was indeed news coverage at the time, but it was largely glossed over. There were no subsequent reports… meaning, this news was suppressed.
“—That’s truly audacious. Thinking about it this way, Iris’s assassin organization has even assassinated the Avalon Royal Family, and assassinated the former Pope of the Church—as well as the current Pope of the Church. And such an organization still hasn’t been justly cut off by the Prime Minister.
“Anyone with a little intelligence should know what this means.”
Sherlock sighed, “I did confirm with Edward. But he just vaguely brushed it off… I listened to him blabber on for a long time, but I didn’t get any useful information. I have to say, he’s becoming more and more like a qualified Avalon civil official.”
Eivass chuckled, “That’s a good thing, a good thing…”
The Old Duke then explained, “Because what I’ve prepared isn’t the ‘Fifteenth Rebellion’—but the Sixteenth.”
“Is the Child of the Moon going to make a move?”
Eivass raised an eyebrow.
“To be precise, it’s the ‘Healthy Party’ that’s going to make a move,”.
the old man said.
“When is the next general election in Iris?”
Eivass asked with some surprise, “They can’t wait even this long?”
—Undoubtedly, history has changed again.
According to his understanding of the “plot,” such a thing shouldn’t have happened in this version of Iris.
Although the Eagle Eye organization entered the game later in version 0, the ruling party of Iris was still the Giant Tree Party until then. This meant that in next year’s general election, the Healthy Party would lose. At that time, Iris would still be a parliamentary system, and the Old Duke would not have launched the so-called “Sixteenth Rebellion.”
Although Eivass didn’t know what kind of government system he specifically wanted to establish—seeing how dissatisfied the old man was with the inexplicable, joke-like “Third Rebellion Incident,” he probably wanted to restore the imperial system.
“February next year,”.
Annie said softly from the side, “They probably really can’t wait…”
“—War requires preparation in advance.”
With that, the old man glanced at Eivass and said calmly, “Mobilizing a few weeks or even a few days in advance, and being able to win would be a miracle. Be it supplies, tactics, strategy, wartime systems, and propaganda displayed to the public, all require meticulous preparation.
“Those Children of the Moon can no longer wait—they have been preparing for a long time, colluding with various countries, and their rebellion is imminent… And what we need to do is precisely to quell the rebellion.
“—If we can place the responsibility of the Third Rebellion on these Children of the Moon, we can say that this was all a conspiracy by the Children of the Moon to seize royal power and raise the common people as blood bags. It was they who deliberately did this, causing Iris to be so unhappy. They successively beheaded the King, hanged the nobles, and exploited the common people. It is precisely because they have never considered themselves as the same kind as humans from the very beginning… If only that were the case.
“The Old Duke sighed with great regret, “In that case, a result that would bring happiness to everyone could be ushered in.
“As long as these Children of the Moon are killed, Iris’s economy will recover. Iris’s youth will not be so chaotic and crazy, and all those messy absurd organizations and heretical ideas can be swept away! Let Iris return to our traditional past, and let Iris become pure again!”
There are a total of four Iris Flowers on the flag of Iris.
They are one white and three yellow—the flower language of the white iris is purity, while the flower language of the yellow iris is “eternal friendship” and also signifies “victory.”
That precisely represents the relationship between the Royal Family and the three Grand Dukes.
But Sherlock said coldly, “The truth is the truth—even if a lie satisfies more people, it doesn’t become true.”
“—That’s not necessarily true,”.
Eivass suddenly said, drawing everyone’s gaze to him.
Sherlock’s expression changed, realizing something.
—He had experienced this feeling too many times. Effort being completely inferior to talent, this kind of ability that was like precognition…
On what basis did he know these secrets…
As expected, Eivass said, “I happen to know another thing—the Phantom Demon transformed from the Swan King is now very likely under the control of those Children of the Moon.
“As far as I know, the successive rebellions in Iris, which resemble child’s play… are the result of the influence of a certain Phantom Demon’s power. The Third Rebellion was the ‘script’ he wrote. He was originally going to ascend in this script…
“Only the Swan King himself, perhaps, is clueless… why this drama hasn’t ended.
“—Because now, that never-ending script is being rewritten, thereby manipulating the reality of the entire Iris.”
