The Titan Empire: The Game of Power

Volume 2, Chapter 9（2）

"Yes..! It was the result of father, mother, brother, younger brother and I working together, we would fetch clean and cool spring water from villages a dozen miles away to water them, and we would use the tais1 we saved to buy fertilizers for them, and then it became the only source of income for the family during the opening season, but now ...... now ...... oooooooooh!"

"Alright! Little sister, don't be sad anymore! Here! Take this!" Angelic Sashay. Netagapo. Miss Anru took off the white gold necklace, which was of fine workmanship and studded with several diamonds, and she put it on the little girl's neck almost reverently.

The little lady pressed her forehead to the little girl's, and from her lips she recited a sacred passage from the Divine Canon of Light, "In the name of my Most High God I would like to spread the light over the earth, to pass through the suffering, to pass through the darkness, and to welcome the morrow with the most devout heart."

The noisy marketplace had completely quieted down, the people's eyes were free of mercenary and greed, and it was as if they had seen a miracle, a maiden in the guise of an angel appearing right in front of their eyes.

Siole. Viscount Mendelssohn surrendered, he suddenly felt that he was worthless in front of the young lady of the House of Anru, he fell on one knee and bowed down on the ground, bowing his allegiance to the goddess-like Sashay.

People from far and near all kneeled down one after another, and those who were not clear about the situation thought that His Holiness the Pope had visited their marketplace.

Sasha did not feel that there was anything wrong, she stopped singing the chant and turned to Viscount Mendelssohn who had a contrite face.

"Your Excellency, Viscount, I believe you have clearly understood the distress your behavior has caused the people around you, and I believe you now understand that there are many other things in this world that are far more important than your vanity. The Gods of Light praise love, and there is nothing wrong with wishful thinking, but it cannot be used as an excuse for a duel, a true knight will leave his bravest force on the battlefield to conquer his enemies, and senseless jealousy is the behavior of a dirty whoremonger. When a knight loses his reason, spirit and judgment, he is no better than a peasant, please do not forget that."

"Yes! I am sure I shall never forget it."

"You will not forget what? Why do you say that all of a sudden?" The Marquise de Fertenand asked softly as she curled up in His Majesty's arms.

There were flashy clothes scattered all over the chamber, and judging from how torn they were, His Majesty the Emperor and the female companion he had just met had obviously been through a storm.

"Of course I mean you, my favorite, why did you only just show up? How could you bear to forsake me for so many years, and now it is well! I'll never forget the joys I had with you again, I can't even stay away from you at all, and you're responsible for that, my good baby!"

In the face of the Emperor's favor, the Marquise aptly displayed a complex expression of shyness, surprise, joy, etc., etc., etc., "But ...... but I am no longer young."

"Oh, my dear Dolan, I am also an old man, what are you afraid of? I swear, I will never let go of you so easily again."

Noli Dolan . Hassu. The Marquess of Fetnand was again confused by the Emperor's oath, she did not know if she still wanted to continue this relationship with the Emperor, after all, she had a beautiful family, after all, her old father was a Duke on one side.

The Marquess finally sensed that she seemed to have forgotten something, and it took her a while to snap out of His Majesty the Third's caresses, oh dear! A personal letter from His Lordship's father! Good heavens! I hope the Emperor has not torn it to pieces with that petticoat.

His Royal Highness's carriage was treated heroically, and people ran about reciting the story of Anru's daffodil crown. Sasha was a little embarrassed by the way her brother was looking at her, she had just thrown a tantrum and now she couldn't find her senses, so she had to pretend she couldn't see anything.

The teenage Prince didn't utter words of appreciation to his sister, but the look in the chubby little man's eyes said it all, he was proud to have Sashaay . Netagabo. Anru was proud.

Believing that the House of Anru had won the duel, the people's reverence for Anru was raised a few more notches, preferring to accept the little miss who was right by their side blessing a poor girl than the heroic tales of knights from afar.

Titan nobles did not have the tradition of oppressing the people, but since this world exists in the hierarchy, then people in high positions will definitely use the power in their hands to vent their dominance to the lower positions, no matter how to vent, this practice is almost a basic law of class society.

The aristocrats simply do not consider the rights of the so-called masses of people. For the people never existed in the vocabulary of the aristocrats, who merely used the subjects under their feet as a tool to be used to create wealth and pleasure for them. This is not an overstatement, and in the traditional, conservative Titan Empire, the people do indeed fulfill this role dutifully.

The number of freeholders has become extremely scarce with the increasing centralization of land and wealth, and most of the people choose to become sharecroppers in one of the nobles' domains, as it is the only way to ensure their survival. The pride of the nobility does not allow them to abandon their lords, and this is perhaps the finest tradition that has developed since the establishment of the Titan feudal system. A family that caused a massive loss of his lords, then this would arouse the contempt of the entire noble class. So although the laboring masses of Titan endured varying degrees of exploitation and suffering, the only thing they were thankful for was that the noble lords did not intend to drive them to their deaths.

Today's people were indeed a bit oblivious as they saw a young lady whose status was so noble that she could be compared to a princess hold up an umbrella of protection for an ordinary and weak individual among them. The words and deeds of that young lady were printed in booklets as fast as they could be printed, and the fanciful and gossipy novelist gave these pamphlets a very melodious and powerful name - The Joys and Furies of the Holy Maiden. The necklace was named "The Heart of the Holy Maiden".

"Did I miss something? What are the people outside talking about?" Nuridoran. Hasselblad. The Marquise de Fertenand reclined languidly in her carriage seat.

"I'm not sure, you can just ask any man." The one who spoke was a young gentleman with a pretty face.

The Marquise heard jealousy in the tone of this male companion beside her. "Little one! You are jealous. You know this is just a part of the plan."

But it was clear that the young gentleman wasn't going to let Wild Ridoland off the hook, "Oh, you're wrong my mother, I just hate the smell of your saliva, that stench is simply unbearable."

No mother can tolerate humiliation from her child, Wildredoland raised her hand, she wanted to teach this ill-mannered older son a hard lesson.

"Enough! Mother! You should understand how I feel right now, that old bastard is the emperor, that I understand, but is it worth making you trade your noble body for benefits that are not even remotely worth it?" The youth grabbed his mother's arm.

"You can't say that, he's your real father after all, don't you understand why your grandfather and I chose to stay away from a glorious moment like that? Did you think the royal family at that time would accept a bastard like you?"

"But mother! I don't see what's so good about it. Wasn't our life in the Homeland wonderful? Why did we have to come to this hellhole where even the air is filthy?"

"Why? Heh! You've already gotten your answer, haven't you? Your father is an emperor, don't you want to get the right to rule this empire? I believe that these days you have already learned what kind of goods your two brothers are, I can be sure that whether it's looks or strength, you will amaze those who have seen you! Please believe me, my child, your mother and grandfather's efforts over the years have not been for show, but to create the day when you will be crowned Emperor."

The youth glanced down disdainfully, he wasn't young enough to think that his mother had some mental issues and that no Titan royal family in history had ever accepted a bastard child. He didn't think it was worth wasting his brainpower on such borderline fantasies, and he dropped his gaze to a pamphlet in his hand, "The Daffodil Crown of Anru." He had a vision of the goddess-like little lady.

Author's Notes:

①Tais: copper currency of the Titan Empire, the most basic monetary unit of the empire; the ratio of gold to tais is 1000:1; its basic conversion relationship is "1 gold tais = 10 silver tais = 100 tai guilders = 1000 tais".

② "The Heart of the Holy Maiden": white gold necklace with a heart-shaped pendant set with nine 1.4-carat crushed diamonds; Sashay. Sashay Netagapo. After Sashay Netagabo Anru was crowned Empress, the name was automatically changed to "Empress Heart"; the value of "Empress Heart" is not very high, but it is one of the most famous jewels of the Anru Dynasty of the Titan Empire that has been handed down to the next generation.