The empire of Britannia, Pandragon, and Jacob's mansion.

"Your Mightiness."

The sound of the housekeeper sounded outside the room.

"Captain Cheng is here to see you."

After the butler finished speaking, Jacob, who was lying on the bed, closed his eyes and rested, opened a gap slightly.

The eyes, with a little surprise, burst out from this gap.

"Let him come in..."

"yes!"

...

...

Squeak...

The door of the room was slowly pushed open.

Jacob turned his head.

A familiar figure walked slowly from the door of the room towards Jacob with a complicated expression.

"Serious..." Jacob squeezed out a smile on his face and said in a half-joking tone, "What's wrong? Why is his face so ugly? Was he bullied by someone outside?"

Looking at Jacob who was talking to him, a smile slowly appeared on Su Cheng's face.

Although Su Cheng is now a father with three children and is quite old, in front of Jacob, Su Cheng still feels like a child.

As long as you are by your side, you will feel safe.

When Su Cheng had any worries, his first reaction was to go to Jacob to talk.

"Mr. Jacob..." Su Cheng chuckled a few times, "I... seemed to have treated you as a father without realizing it..."

"Haha..." Jacob smiled, "Didn't this kind of thing be known to everyone? Didn't I regard you as my own. Sit, honestly, don't stand all the time."

Su Cheng pulled a chair beside the bed and sat next to Jacob's bedside.

"Mr. Jacob..."

The joy that appeared on Su Cheng's face just now disappeared again, and turned back to the complex expression full of bitterness at the beginning.

"Just... His Majesty, she summoned all the staff members of the General Staff and held a staff meeting."

Su Cheng told the story of what he had encountered today.

And Jacob on the bed also listened silently.

"Originally, the topics of this staff meeting were very ordinary, just to discuss how to quell the rebellion of the 'former Frank Empire'..."

"But at this meeting... Her Majesty... she proposed a very terrifying plan..."

Su Cheng informed Jacob everything about what happened at the staff meeting that had just ended.

When Jacob learned that Ilsa actually planned to launch a massacre to reduce the number of the "former Franks" to at least half, his eyes widened, and his pupils were filled with disbelief.

"Your Majesty, she..." Jacob's voice trembled slightly, "Is that really what he said?"

"That's right... Although there were many staff members who opposed the scene, there were also many staff members who expressed their approval..."

"Although this plan has not been decided yet, judging from the reactions of His Majesty, she is very fond of her plan..."

"Even if it is opposed by many people, her Majesty may have to force this plan..."

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...

"……well."

After a long silence, Jacob sighed.

"Ilsa...why did she become like this..."

A few traces of pain appeared in Jacob's tone.

"In just a few years, Ilsa has become...I can't even recognize her..."

"The person who had been ambitious and hoped to unify the mainland and let all the civilians live a peaceful life, now he intends to wave his butcher knife at the innocent civilians..."

"Is it because of the years of victory reports that have been shattering Ilsa's head..."

Speaking of this, Jacob closed his eyes in pain as if he couldn't bear to say anything more.

Su Cheng, who was sitting on the chair next to the head of the bed, was now looking for it.

Support your hands and elbows on your legs, and hold your hands tightly together.

The hunched back was very powerful, as if there was no bone inside...

"Mr. Jacob...I have...no idea what to do..."

Su Cheng's face was filled with helplessness, like a child abandoned by his parents.

"I... admire Enley very much..."

Su Cheng murmured.

"Enlita is... awesome man..."

"I... feel ashamed of myself..."

"He will give his life for the justice he holds in his heart."

"And I... can't do it..."

"If I hadn't started my family yet and was still in cumin, I might be able to do whatever it takes to make the justice in my heart like Enli."

"And now I... can't do it..."

"I have a wife now and three children..."

"I have too much concern..."

"These concerns made me timid..."

"I dare not do too many disobedient actions to Your Majesty..."

"On the eve of the first Holy Hillan Empire's destruction war, I questioned His Majesty's decision at the staff meeting, which is already the limit I can do..."

"I dare not do all these things in public, whether I criticize Your Majesty or give advice to you..."

"I dare not let Your Majesty be too displeased, worried that my family would be implicated..."

"But... I can't ignore these absurd actions I have done to Your Majesty..."

"No matter whether it is launching the third national destruction war against the Holy Hillan Empire."

"I am still strongly opposing all these things when I launch a massacre against the 'former Franks'."

"But I, who dare not be too opposed to His Majesty, can only make some unpainful protests..."

Speaking of this, a self-deprecating smile appeared on Su Cheng's face.

"The 'Military God' who is respected by the world is actually a coward who is afraid of offending the monarch too much. Even when facing something he disagrees with, he dare not say 'no' loudly..."

"If someone knows my true face, I'm afraid that many people will shatter my fantasies..."

Su Cheng raised his hands and rubbed his face hard.

"Mr. Jacob...I have...no idea what to do..."

"Don't dare to incite Your Majesty too much..."

"I don't want to be silent..."

Jacob has been listening to Su Cheng’s complaints silently since the beginning.

It was not until Su Cheng's voice fell that Jacob raised his old, skin-like hands like dried orange peels and gently rubbed Su Cheng's head.

"Heart... your troubles are normal..."

"Worrying that my family will be implicated."

"I don't want to ignore His Majesty's cruelty now."

"These are normal, which means that Cheng is a normal person..."

"You are just a knight who takes the responsibility of 'fighting for the country'."

"You should not bear many things and many pressures."

"I can't give you too many compliments..."
Chapter completed!