VIP Chapter 457: The Capital Seethes with Change
“The recent situation in the capital…” Liya looked at Ya’er. “We did get some intel from the witches before.”
“The rumors circulating among the witches are roughly that the capital is undergoing a ‘change’.” Ya’er explained.
“Change? Hmm… Has it reached this point already?” Will’s first thought went to the plot developing in the original work—
In the original work, the Entak Empire’s royal family never made it to Treya’s generation. Following Emperor Edward’s death, the royal family descended into infighting, and Carver profited from it, instigating adventurers to start a revolution, directly overthrowing the Entak imperial system, and putting an end to the Entak Royal Family.
This left Treya, who was wandering outside at the time, as a homeless “Little Princess”.
But now…
The biggest change was precisely in this plot.
No one expected the “Zero Demon City,” which had deep dealings with Entak, and Treya, who controlled Zero Demon City.
With this power, Treya had eliminated all other royal competitors before Emperor Edward’s death and became Entak’s current Queen.
Moreover, because there were no royal disputes, Carver was directly prevented from interfering. She even formed an alliance with Carver, steering the plot in a more stable direction.
However…
If “fate” is being pushed towards the same conclusion, does that mean it has reached this point?
“Heh heh! Speaking of which, you two have come to the right place!” Lucifer, who had been acting as the host in the meeting room, finally found an opportunity to show off. She puffed out her chest and called out to them.
“Right, right, it’s you. Super paparazzi, Lucifer-sama—Ta-da!” Will applauded enthusiastically to hype up the atmosphere.
Of course, he wasn’t the only one hyping things up. Behind Lucifer, her imps directly provided stage lighting.
“Ta-da!” Iaar also applaud enthusiastically.
“Oh, oh…?” Ya’er, somewhat dazed and out of touch with young people, clapped along.
“Hey, hey… Why are you suddenly acting like kids with Will and playing these games?”
“And it’s not paparazzi! It’s the Queen of Information!”
“Alright, alright, Queen of Information.” Will switched to a coaxing tone, like talking to a child. “So, what exactly happened in the capital? Queen of Information.”
Lucifer pondered for a moment and pulled out… a flyer from her embrace.
It wasn’t a newspaper. In Entak, newspapers were now almost entirely controlled by Carver’s Adventurer’s Guild. It was difficult to release and obtain news bypassing the Adventurer’s Guild.
“A… flyer?” Will’s heart pounded. He already suspected, could the plot really be moving in a direction that would overthrow Treya’s current reign…
However…
What met his eyes were words on the flyer that were completely different from what he had imagined—
[Adventurer’s Guild?! A Grand Deception!]
[Protect Our Queen! Protect the Legitimate Entak Empire!]
[Presenting to the Queen, May Our Queen Remain Steadfast!]
[Drive Out the Adventurer’s Guild!]
And, it also…
It also printed a photo of Treya when she ascended the throne in the lower right corner of the flyer, taking up almost half the flyer. At first glance, Will thought it didn’t look like a “flyer” at all, but more like a giant poster promoting their idol. If only Treya’s expression wasn’t so indifferent, and she wasn’t looking at the camera, it would be more like a proper idol.
“So, the so-called change in the capital refers to… royalists?” Liya picked up the flyer, looked it over, her eyes widening. “This is a bit different from the development I imagined.”
“Huh? Why do you all look so surprised and unable to understand? The capital has been unhappy with the Adventurer’s Guild from outside for a long time.”
“Hmm… So the conflict… became like this?” Will began to ponder.
In fact, after traveling through almost all regions of Entak for the past few months and witnessing the Adventurer’s Guild in various cities, it seemed… he could infer this outcome.
“Let me think. Actually, outside the capital and a few major cities governed by nobles, the Adventurer’s Guild has the highest popularity. It’s even difficult to see the Entak army and government’s presence anymore.” Will turned around and searched, but unfortunately, there was no national map of Entak in Lucifer’s dungeon—at least, Lis easily had one.
“…Huh? Is that so? Meaning, it’s actually… the people of the capital resisting the Adventurer’s Guild from other places?”
“You can understand it that way.” Will felt like he was explaining politics to a precocious child. Ever since he learned that the personality sealed within Lucifer was also a child, he couldn’t help but treat her like a big brother coaxing a child.
“However, why… would they distribute such flyers? Without any catalyst, they wouldn’t start supporting Treya without reason.” This was… the second reason Will wanted to come closer to the capital. Besides being able to more clearly understand how the Adventurer’s Guild controlled public opinion, he could also hear a lot of news about the royal family. After all, this was the fruit and vegetable storage for the capital, and in the capital of this era, those who bought fruits and vegetables were often nobles or their servants. Naturally, he could get the latest firsthand information from here.
“Because, the Queen intends to… grant legislative power to the Adventurer’s Guild, so that they can… establish laws related to dungeons and adventurers.” Lucifer stumbled a bit as she said this; these terms were still a bit profound for her.
“Ah?”
“Eh…?!”
“What, what?” Will, Liya, and Iaar simultaneously uttered sounds of shock upon hearing this.
“However, I didn’t quite understand. For us, the Adventurer’s Guild has long had legislative power! The dungeons they dislike can’t even develop! Hmph!” Lucifer’s perspective was rather unique. If monsters and empresses were allowed to enter the political stage one day, the world might become even more chaotic.
However…
This was indeed unexpected information for Will. If Treya proposed this herself, it might mean Treya was in a worse state than he had anticipated. But that was fine. In his plan, he had prepared quite a rich array of options for Treya. After all, he had been “deceived” by Treya last time. To deal with various kinds of Treya, he had already come up with a series of plans A through E.
“Oh, right, since you’re here, speaking of which, there’s one more thing about Treya…”
“Hmm? What? Does it concern me? Great, that’s exactly what I want!”
“In the capital, especially within the Royal Family… you cannot mention that you are dead to her.” Lucifer said with a hint of amusement. “Also, it seems… people often see her talking to her ‘fiancé’ in the air.”
“Oh? That’s quite interesting—very much matches my imagination!”
“This… this is completely beyond help!” Liya exclaimed.
