Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 382: -133- Nobles’ Oath_2

Chapter 382: -133- Nobles’ Oath_2

In the case of Charlotte, problems arose.

Perhaps the nobles of the Northern Land would unanimously support her in suppressing the rebellion, but it was uncertain whose side they would take when the Third Prince made his move against Castel.

Whether supporting Charlotte as their direct lord or the higher-ranking Bold Duchy was indeed a possibility.

Considering that the current King of the New Moon Kingdom, Louis V, was hailed as one of the greatest monarchs since the founding of the kingdom, and as his son and a strong contender for the throne, the Third Prince’s stakes in this game of power were clearly higher.

Charlotte could almost predict that as long as the Third Prince declared war on her with a righteous reason, and promised to protect the interests of the Northern Land Nobles after the victory, many of them might choose neutrality.

This was also something that deeply worried Charlotte after she knew that the Third Prince planned to move against her family.

The foundation of her rule in the Northern Land was not stable enough to withstand a rebellion, let alone the test of war from a higher lord.

To be honest, if the Northern Land nobles collectively turned against her in the war with the Third Prince, it would really be troublesome.

Truthfully, the phenomenon of vassals playing both sides was quite disgusting for a Seigneur.

King Louis V of the New Moon Kingdom was determined to strengthen central authority also because he had been disgusted by similar incidents during the Star Moon War.

At that time, he and Henry II, the King of Falling Star Kingdom, contended for the New Moon Throne, and the nobles of the New Moon Kingdom were incredibly fickle...

For this reason, Charlotte wanted to avoid such situations as much as possible.

Controlling all the nobles of the Northern Land like Count Gaston controlled his wasn’t realistic, nor was it feasible to win the sincere loyalty of the nobles through personal charisma and binding interests at the moment. Moreover, Charlotte was averse to becoming a lord who relied on spiritual control to rule her domain.

Thus, the best method was to completely disillusion the Northern Land nobles about the Third Prince.

If the recounting of all events had not come from Count Gaston himself but from Charlotte telling the nobles, perhaps many of the Northern Land nobles would not have believed her.

Or even if they believed her, many more nobles would subconsciously think that the Third Prince’s move against Castel was aimed only at the Castel family.

For the nobles of the Northern Land, the ultimate result of the conflict would simply be a change of their overlord—from Count Castel to Bold Duke.

But now it was different.

The narrator was not Charlotte but Count Gaston, the Commander of the forces stationed by Bold.

For the Northern Land Nobles, the implications and credibility behind this were different.

The Castel family might, out of self-interest, bind the Northern Land nobles to their war chariot, but the Gaston family was different.

They were not nobles of the Northern Land; their territories were all in the southern region of the Bold Duchy.

Additionally, with both real and fabricated evidence, it was difficult not to believe the underlying truth.

"Count Gaston, you... are you telling the truth? Is the Third Prince really planning to ally with Violet to move against Castel? Does he intend to partition Castel, turning the entire domain into his direct rule?"

There were still nobles who couldn’t let go and persistently inquired.

Count Gaston merely glanced at them and sealed the deal with two sentences:

"My lord, please do not forget that what our King desires most is to further strengthen the central authority..."

"As a strong contender for the throne and knowing how wealthy the Castel Domain is, would the King support or oppose the Third Prince’s desire to make Castel his direct ruling territory?"

With those words, there was no more suspense.

The nobles, deep in thought, all wore rather grim expressions.

Indeed, what the King most desired was to strengthen central authority.

Compared to the Second Prince "Pilgrim" François, who was not favored by the King, Prince Philip was deemed far more likely to inherit the throne.

Conspire with the Blood Demon Church?

Honestly, considering King Louis V’s delicate relationship with the Holy Royal Court, the nobles of the Northern Land were truly uncertain whether this could be something silently endorsed by the King.

The difficulty in completely eradicating the Blood Demon Church from the New Moon Kingdom stemmed partly from the fact that many Kingdom Nobles might have intricate connections with the Blood Demon Church, not necessarily allegiance but possibly cooperation or mere exploitation.

To completely exterminate the power of the Blood Demon Church was the political correctness of New Moon, but to the nobles, political correctness was merely political correctness.

Of course, seeking the support of the Church might be one option, but the faith of the Northern Land Nobles was complicated, and many were simply non-believers...

Bringing the Holy Royal Court in to reinstate the tithing taxation?

Stop joking.

Not to mention dealing with the Third Prince, perhaps many local nobles of the Northern Land would first stand in opposition.

Seeing the nobles fall into silence, Charlotte knew the timing was almost perfect.

She was able to disclose the Third Prince’s conspiracy through Count Gaston, severing the nobles’ thoughts of leaning towards the Third Prince, but to persuade all the nobles of the Northern Land to resist the Bold Duchy, she still needed to show them more benefits and hopes of victory.

Charlotte gently tapped the armrest of her seat, and the Majesty Skill was quietly released.

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