Santairiku Eiyuuki

Elquille's siege tactics resulted in the death of most of the nobles who were in command on the front line.

Those who had entrusted the command to the mercenaries and the nobles who had provided only the funds survived but were soon captured by Erkür.

Hadrianus planned an exile to the Bulgarian kingdom, but on the contrary was captured by the Bulgarians and ironed and returned to Elquille.

And...

There will be a trial.

"... well, let's just get straight to it. Why did you plan the rebellion?

"Oh, that's..."

Calling each and every nobleman in the Senate, Erkühl asks.

The nobleman answers, being made exposed to the senator.

"Or to save Your Majesty from the rapists..."

"I see. So who was Hadrianus naming Emperor?

Nobility clogs words.

Aristocrats desperately spinning their heads and trying to escape to say somehow.

Erkühr sees it and laughs and says niggardly.

"You must have been fooled, right?

"So, tricked?

"To a nobleman who has more land and more financial power than you."

So the aristocratic man realizes.

what Elquille wants.

"Oh yes!! I was deceived!!

"To whom. Give me a name."

"The traitor who deceived me..."

The aristocracy can lay its sins on the pellet and on the aristocracy, which had a stronger power than it did.

Such nobility, the senators look with contempt.

"Rebellion is supposed to be the death penalty, and the destruction of the house. But your house has served the Julianos family for generations. Ignoring that feat, I feel sorry for you for putting you to death, crushing your house, forfeiting your property, and getting your family and your ministers lost on the streets."

Elquille says deliberately...

"You, the Lord, are sentenced to thirty years in prison. Women and ministers shall be excused. Also as a fine......"

Pale Elquille communicates the content of the punishment.

That was a generous treatment, even if it was a rebellion.

"more than"

"Yes...... generous treatment, thank you. Your Majesty the Emperor. I will not forget this grace."

"Yes, yes, because the next trial awaits."

Well, in three years' time, you'll forget how grateful you are.

And, Erkühr takes the nobility early with his heart.

"Next, then. You..."

Even then, Erkühl asked the small and medium-sized aristocrats, "Have you been deceived?," he asks, dragging out the testimony that he was deceived by the great nobility, then turning in a light sentence.

Why are you doing this?

There are several reasons for this.

First and foremost.

That you can't kill too many nobles.

This time, noble power will not be diminished where all the rebellious noblemen have been destroyed.

Just another nobleman fills the void of power.

Rather, there is also the possibility that the great nobility, which has taken in the power void, will be born anew.

Besides, it was mainly the non-long-eared (elf) nobles who fought the revolt this time.

Regardless, it was a polar part of the rebellion...

But if severe punishment is imposed on them, the power of the non-long-eared (elves) aristocracy will decay and the power of the long-eared (elves) aristocracy will grow.

Elkhur is not a long-eared (elf) supremacist.

Tighten up the non-long-eared (elves) to create a new spark.

That's why I needed to reassure the non-long-eared (elves) somewhat.

Second reason.

That doesn't pose any threat to small or medium-sized aristocrats.

Small and medium-sized aristocrats who have spent much of their private wealth in this war will no longer fall even if left alone.

Fines alone can sharpen the power too far enough.

That is why Erkühr forgave a fine of a certain amount and a mere jailbreak.

And a third reason.

That's...

"So what's next..."

Called was so great a nobleman as to contend for one or two among the Hadrianus.

Among the non-long-eared (elf) nobles, he is a great nobleman with great power, financial power and influence over central politics.

Elquille and a nobleman of such power that they cannot be ignored.

For some reason, the great nobility was magnificent.

That should be it, too.

At worst, he thought he would never be executed.

The house will never be crushed.

Precisely, that it would be a huge fine and a decade or so of restraint.

Why, is that what you think?

That's easy.

Because I know that Elquille has received a plea for help from a large number of nobles.

Even the Elquist aristocracy has a large number of aristocrats who are related, in debt or in any way grateful to this great aristocracy.

If Erkühr takes into account the nobility of his faction...

I really just have to be generous.

That's why I have confidence.

The Grand Noble slowly tries to defend himself.

"I..."

"I sentence you to a disenfranchisement. Above"

Elquille blocked it and told him softly.

Huh?

Stunning colors float in the face of the great nobleman... and his face turns blue.

Deprivation of rights.

It was a heavier punishment than the death penalty in the Lemurian Empire.

In the case of the death penalty for nobility, it is beheaded and, as a general rule, noble honour is preserved.

As a nobleman, you will be executed.

But disenfranchisement is different.

Anyone sentenced to a disenfranchisement will be deprived of all legal rights and property within the Empire.

Naturally, so is its identity, its honor.

If life never gets picked up, why not?

I think the idea is sweet.

If it is a normal death sentence, even death row inmates are guaranteed legal rights, honor, and identity, so a less painful beheading sentence is necessary.

But against a living dead man whose rights have been stripped...

Needless to say.

What's more, it's scary...

The bodies of those killed in the penalty of disenfranchisement are burned.

Although cremation is difficult for the Japanese in general to understand...

In Mesianism, those who have been burned bodies cannot go to heaven and are supposedly going to purgatory.

It's horrible to die.

But being burned dead is scarier than dying.

"Oh wait!! I..."

"Hey, kick this garbage out. The next one awaits."

At Elquille's command, the guards pinch out the great nobles.

That was a far cry from the treatment of nobility… as if throwing the carcasses of dirty pests out the window.

Yes, Elquille's aim has been a great nobleman since the beginning.

Simply trials, grand aristocrats who cannot be tried.

It made it impossible for anyone to complain about harsh punishments for the crimes of small and medium-sized aristocracy.

In addition, nobles with experience of betraying their companions…

There's no way we can form a prison party again.

Making the nobles suspicious is one of the aims.

Erkür will judge the great aristocrats pale.

He that is light shall be put in prison after the confiscation of all his possessions.

The heavy ones are beheaded.

And the heaviest shall each be sentenced to a disenfranchisement.

A total of twenty aristocrats disappeared from the Lemurian Empire.

And the last thing left...

"Then, my brother. No, traitor Hadrianus. Is there anything you're missing?

Erkühl questioned the last suspect, Hadrianus.

"Escape?"

Hadrianus asks Erkür with a blue face.

"Oh, for example... someone tricked me or something"

Actually, Erkür didn't really intend to kill Hadrianus.

Because he didn't feel the need to kill in particular either.

Hadrianus himself has no great power.

All the great nobles were solemnly cleared.

Small and medium-sized aristocrats can't form a detachment party with suspicious ghosts, and how powerful would they be if they did?

You can just save your life and forgive and do it by just closing it somewhere.

And Elquille was thinking.

For once, the brothers who divided the blood.

Killing is too bad for the outside world.

You can't forgive me for free.

Because Elquille has a face, too.

The minimum conditions are……

Subordination and absolute obedience to Erkür.

And acknowledging your mistakes.

And exposing sin to great nobility.

three of the above.

"I... I..."

Hadrianus shrugged bumps and then told Elquille.

"Here, Your Majesty. It was all my fault... please, just my life..."

"It's a wise decision."

Erkühr smiled and handed him a life sentence.

And I thought in my heart.

(Your Highness, as promised, I made every concession and effort I could)

and.