Chapter 1446: Books Are Just Books (Part 1)

Ilsa's journey to the north was quite smooth.

They arrived at their destination, the Tatin Plain in the Holy Hilan Empire, very safely.

Vashili and Ilsa arrived at the Tatin Plain almost at the same time.

The day after Ilsa arrived at the Tatin Plain, Vashili also arrived at Tatin under the protection and escort of a group of guards.

And Ilsa's plan also went quite smoothly.

From beginning to end, Ilsa treated Vashili with a very humble attitude.

For example, the chairs of the two should have been arranged in parallel, but Ilsa deliberately moved her chair back to make her seat a little behind Vashili.

During the banquet, Ilsa also kept pouring wine for Vashili in person.

At the same time, Ilsa also kept praising Vashili and the Holy Hilan Empire on various occasions.

Facing Ilsa's humble attitude, Vashili, who was the most face-saving, was secretly happy.

Vasili, who was secretly happy, didn't know that while he was intoxicated by the humble attitude of the emperor of the Britannia Empire towards him, the emperor of the Britannia Empire had been sneering wildly in his heart, secretly scolding Vasili for being stupid.

He also secretly scolded the ministers of the Holy Hilan Empire for being stupid.

There were many ministers who opposed the alliance between the two countries.

But there were also many ministers who supported the alliance between the two countries.

In the central government of the Holy Hilan Empire, more than half of the ministers agreed to let the two countries form an alliance.

These ministers who supported the alliance were moved by the various benefits proposed by Bankro.

From the data on paper, the various benefits proposed by the Britannia Empire were indeed quite tempting.

Returning the Muhavitz Fortress to the Holy Hilan Empire and dividing the fertile land of the Frank Empire with the Britannia Empire.

Either of these two benefits is very tempting.

A large part of the reason why these people supported the alliance between the two countries was that they did not believe that the Britannia Empire would turn its troops to attack them after conquering the Frank Empire.

If the British Empire turned its troops to fight against the Frank Empire after conquering it, it would mean that the Britannia Empire intended to leave only its empire in the entire continent.

Although there are many small countries in addition to the four major empires on this continent, if the Rollin Empire, the Frank Empire, and the Holy Hilan Empire were all destroyed, it would be no different from unifying the entire continent.

The last person who had the ultimate goal of unifying the entire continent was Arthur, the "King of Knights" more than a thousand years ago.

In the past thousand years since Arthur died of a sudden illness, no one has had such a ambition.

Maybe someone has thought about unifying the entire continent, but it's just a thought, and no one has taken similar actions.

Because no one has tried to unify the continent for too long, the thinking of most people has been determined.

There is no way that a madman would want to unify the entire continent - this is what most people think now.

I don't believe there will be such a madman, and I don't believe that such a madman will have the ability to unify the entire continent.

Therefore, most of the monarchs and ministers in the central government of the Holy Hilan Empire, including those ministers who opposed the alliance between the two countries, did not think that the Britannia Empire would attack the Holy Hilan Empire after conquering the Frank Empire.

The reason why those ministers who opposed the alliance between the two countries opposed the alliance was not because they were afraid that the Britannia Empire would attack them after the demise of the Frank Empire.

Most of the ministers who opposed the alliance simply believed that the benefits given by the Britannia Empire were not enough, so they opposed the alliance.

These ministers in the central government of the Holy Hilan Empire did not expect that Ilsa of the Britannia Empire was the second "madman" who attempted to unify the entire continent after Arthur.

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After successfully meeting with Vasili in the Tatin Plain and successfully completing the alliance ceremony, Ilsa returned to Pendragon.

After returning to Pendragon and Baiyang Palace, Ilsa heard a shocking news from Camille who came to greet her back - Baiyang Palace was invaded by thieves.

"Camille." Ilsa said to Camille in front of her seriously, "What happened?"

"An unknown person disguised as your personal maid-Manuo sneaked into Baiyang Palace."

"Although this unknown person fled Baiyang Palace after being discovered by our guards, we don't know whether the unknown person stole anything in the palace."

"Except for your room, I have sent people to search everywhere, and no missing items were found."

"Because the unknown person disguised as a personal maid with the power to enter and exit your room, I suspect that the unknown person is very likely to have entered your room."

"And according to my investigation-the unknown person just entered your room and cleaned your room dozens of minutes before being discovered by our guards."

"Without your permission, I dare not let anyone search your room at will, so I did not let anyone enter your room to investigate. I plan to wait for your Majesty to come back and let you personally check if there is anything missing in your bedroom. "

After listening to Camille's report quietly, Ilsa asked:

"...So - since the unknown person disguised himself as Mano, then - where is the real Mano?"

"I have sent a large number of people to look for her, but she has not been found yet. Mano may have..."

Camille didn't continue.

But - even if she didn't continue, the meaning of her words was very clear.

"Really..."

Ilsa sighed softly.

"Camille, help me make compensation to Mano's family."

"Yes, I will take care of it properly."

After giving this order, Ilsa, who had just returned to Baiyang Palace, didn't even take a shower or change clothes, and hurried to her room.

She was eager to know whether the unknown person who sneaked into their Baiyang Palace had stolen anything in her room, or left something disgusting in her room.

When she opened the door, the first thing that came into view was the familiar layout of the room.

He led Camille from the bed to the bookshelf, and from the bookshelf to the cabinet.

No valuables were found missing.

"Your Majesty, how is it?" Camille asked Elsa with a worried look on his face, "Did you find anything valuable missing?"

"No." Elsa shook her head, "I didn't find anything missing."

Just after saying this, Elsa suddenly remembered that there was still a place she hadn't looked at.

Elsa walked slowly to the bed, leaned over, lifted the bed sheet hanging from the bed, and looked under the bed.

"...Heh." Elsa sneered, "It seems...the thief has a good eye, and actually stole this thing."