Divine Kingship

Chapter 627 Elsa is pondering the problem at hand.

Ryza's recovery time is longer than expected. Ryza's body is very adaptable, and neither whipping nor hot wax can cause her real harm.

However, because of "something," Ryza was indeed somewhat affected, so it took her quite a while to recover.

Fortunately, he was no ordinary person after all. After resting for another day, he regained his mysterious and cunning demeanor.

It's time to look into the elves' problem.

“Let’s go, let’s set off,” Rand said.

Rand Nicholas

Sex: Male
Ability: Sacrifice immunity

Job Rank: High (Unconventional)
Willpower: N
Blessing 1: The Black Goat Mother's thirst (has reached its limit)
Blessing 2: A thirst for sharing (multiple times)

Blessing 3: The Greed of the God of Struggle (Reached its limit) (Can seize or replenish flesh and blood)
Blessing 4: God will take it away (multiple times).

Blessing 5: The Call of the Cataclysmic Apostles (Limited)

Blessing 6: The Torch Goddess's Favor (Limited) (Faction Distinction (Unknown))

Blessing 7: Grand Duke Vladimir's Disgust (Greater Perception of Vampires)
Blessing 8: The Everlasting of Rand (Unknown)
Blessing 9: The Torch Goddess's Blessing (Partial Interpretation)
Blessing 10: The Moon Goddess's Favoritism (Not fully mastered)

Crow: (Cola)
Identity: Messenger

Ability: Sensory sharing

Ability: Beyond visual range
Abilities: Ability Derivatives

Ability: Steel Feather

Blessing: The Voice of Rand

Name: Eternal Bulwark
Type: Armor

Ability: Inherent Blessing

……

Nidhogg has been having a lot of trouble lately.

On the eve of his decision to rebel against the Royal Court, before anything even began, Nidhogg envisioned the most difficult thing being defeating the Royal Court faction.

Those old fogies in the royal court who have completely disregarded the interests of the Elven race in their pursuit of consolidating their rule should have been stripped of their power long ago.

But Nidhogg was also well aware that the long-standing rule of the Elven royal court would not be so easily shaken.

Nidhogg had not expected that his former student would be so exceptionally skilled, seizing two opportunities to defeat an enemy force nearly seven times their size with a small force.

The most difficult war problem has been solved, and because of the greater good of saving the World Tree, although the Royal Court faction is still dissatisfied with Vanilla's rule, the number of elven nobles who actually rise up to continue the resistance has decreased.

Even now, there are still many nobles in the Elf Forest who do not acknowledge the rule of vanilla, but they are now like a scab, and will inevitably be gradually suppressed or recruited.

Therefore, the most difficult and challenging problem has now returned to the conflict between humans and elves.

The soon-to-be-crowned Elf Queen is a staunch advocate of foreign influence, highly appreciating human culture and knowledge, and has recruited some human governors to participate in the rule of the elves.

Whether human political ideologies are suitable for elves, especially for the elven nobles of the elven forest today, remains to be seen. But regardless of their suitability, they will inevitably affect their interests and power.

It's unacceptable that they risked their lives to support Vanilla and fight alongside her, only to have a group of humans steal the fruits of their victory in the end.
The elven nobles did try to persuade Vanilla, and even orchestrated events to incite resentment among the elven people and Vanilla towards humans.

Unfortunately, the elven people disliked humans, and vanilla was too clever, easily capturing and killing several nobles who were plotting against them.

Wise and experienced rulers are the backbone of everyone in times of crisis; their decisive and correct decisions protect the interests of all.

However, once the crisis is over, those who want to seize more benefits will find it difficult to move forward when facing such a ruler.

When neither direct persuasion nor secret plotting could sway the will of the future Queen Vanilla,

The powerful and influential began to secretly form alliances and try to gain more like-minded allies.

For example, those elves who originally favored the human governance model and had previously worked and studied in the Moon Kingdom.

These elves were the first to rebel; they had the most merit and the most influence in Vanilla.

So, if we could persuade these elves to join us in opposing the intervention of human political forces, wouldn't that be a good chance?
After all, no matter how much Vanilla Queen wants to go her own way, she still needs people to support her. If everyone opposes humanity, Vanilla Queen will have to reconsider.

This has led to Nidhogg being approached and hinted at by various elven nobles in various ways, both overtly and covertly.

Nidhogg was the original leader of the reformists and the first elf to raise the banner of rebellion against the royal court. The High Elder Nidhogg was also the teacher of Her Majesty Vanilla.

If Nidhogg takes sides, then His Majesty Vanilla will inevitably have to concede.

Because many elves were thinking this way, Nidhogg had been very tired lately.

He already had a heavy workload because he needed to assist Vanilla, and now he also had to deal with all sorts of overt and covert probing, which was really going to kill him.

He must have known what these elves wanted to do, and Nidhogg himself did not want the elven forest to become a puppet in Rand's hands.

but!

What disease are these elves suffering from?

If you can't see the situation clearly, can't you at least see yourself clearly?

Is it the elves who need the humans, or the humans who need the elves?
Now that the Golden World Tree of the elves no longer exists, if the elves encounter external enemies again, they can only rely on themselves.

Vanilla's military command skills are indeed impressive, but the gap between the strength of the elven race and the human race is now quite large. No matter how capable Vanilla is, she can't cook without rice.

And what if Rand invades the Elf Forest because he can't get enough benefits from it?

Vanilla was trained by Rand. Don't these people think about their great leader, Vanilla Moonshadow's true teacher? If they want to take action against the Elf Forest, how will they resist?
The Moon Kingdom and the Elf Forest are indeed far apart, but if Rand wants to deal with the elves, he may not be helpless.

What the elves need to do now is to show Rand the benefits they can bring him, so that Rand will continue to invest, instead of withdrawing his investment or even using ruthless means to take away what he wants.

Nidhogg sighed. According to the original agreement, the elves would sort out the dangerous ancient technologies that had been sealed in the royal court and hand them over to Rand, but even this matter was now being opposed by the elves.

Nidhogg shook his head, looking at the seemingly "cautious" elven nobleman who was testing him.

Nidhogg didn't play dumb; he looked directly at the elven nobleman and asked, "Don't you realize the consequences of angering Rand?"

Nidhogg had no intention of analyzing any exchange of interests with these people, nor did he want to talk about keeping his word, and he wasn't even interested in analyzing the situation.

These people aren't stupid; it's just that their positions selectively suppress their ability to think. Ironically, whether human or elf, their thinking is more based on their rear end than their brain.

In short, thinking patterns are often determined by one's position.

Therefore, Nidhogg intends to use the most direct method of persuasion for such people: "If anyone has a conflict with His Majesty Rand, I will stand on the side of humans, we elves who have been to the Moon Kingdom will stand on Rand's side, and Her Majesty the Queen will also stand on Rand's side."

"Ah...ah, I understand." The elf in front of him, who was trying to test Nidhogg, was somewhat embarrassed.

Nidhogg's somewhat aged face wrinkled, and he shook his head, saying, "No, you don't understand."

The elven nobleman was somewhat puzzled.

Nidhogg had no further interest in saying anything more; he simply shouted, "Seize him! Arrest him and await Her Majesty the Queen's decision."

Nidhogg hoped that the elves could have their own autonomy and develop better and better.

But to achieve this, one should absolutely trust Vanilla's methods, not these fools blinded by short-term gains.

So Nidhogg had already made his choice long ago.

The elven nobleman who had heard Nidhogg's words looked at Nidhogg in disbelief. How could Nidhogg, as a high-ranking and powerful elder, tolerate having his power shared by humans?
How could he tolerate the politics and interests of the elves being pointed at or even controlled by humans?
"How could you...?" Before the elven noble could finish speaking, a guard covered his mouth and dragged him out.

In the end, all that could be heard was a soft whimper.

Nidhogg stared intently at several elves who were also present, perhaps trying to incite him to defy the will of vanilla, just like the nobleman who had been dragged away.

“Someone is trying to betray our Vanilla Queen. I have ordered him arrested. Now I am going to report this to the Vanilla Queen. You will come with me,” Nidhogg said coldly.

The elven nobles hesitated, wanting to say something but choosing to remain silent.

Now, Nidhogg, the elf representing the elders, has made his stance completely clear.

When Nidhogg brought these elven nobles to the temporary palace to meet Vanilla, he saw Rand, Elsa, and Lysa.

Nidhogg did not hesitate at all. After bowing, he said, "Your Majesty, an elf attempted to betray the interests of the elven race and try to destroy our friendly relations with the Moon Kingdom. I have already captured him."

Vanilla raised her eyelids somewhat helplessly, sometimes saying these things just felt like putting on a show.

But it's all just for show, it'll allow her to demonstrate her own and the Elders' stance to His Majesty Rand.

Rand glanced at Nidhogg, then looked closely at Vanilla, and after confirming that it really wasn't acting, he waved his hand helplessly and said, "You guys can handle this yourselves. I don't have the energy to deal with these bugs."

Rand's words were actually quite arrogant.

The highest-ranking elven nobles would probably be considered counts or other high-ranking nobles in the human world.

Unfortunately, to Rand, these elves were really just "insects".

Vanilla and Nidhogg took Rand's words for granted.

They also considered these elven nobles, who did some boring and useless things, to Rand as nothing more than slightly annoying insects.

Vanilla nodded: "Then we'll deal with the matter of the elven traitor later. Your Majesty Rand, is there anything I can help you with?"

"It's about those ancient technologies that I initially requested to be sealed away. I need you to handle them as soon as possible and then let me review them," Rand stated directly, stating the purpose of his visit.

"I've almost finished preparing all of this. It will be organized in the next few days, and then I'll hand it over to you for review." Vanilla has always been very concerned about Rand's affairs.

Vanilla has a very deep understanding of work.

Rand is her direct superior, so Rand's matter is the first thing that needs to be dealt with, and everything else has to take a backseat.

Furthermore, Vanilla also believes that these sealed ancient technologies might actually bring some beneficial development to the Holy Land forces.

Maybe some convenient things will be made out then, and we'll be able to enjoy vanilla soon.

As for why Vanilla doesn't prioritize the Elven race, frankly, Vanilla values ​​her own position within the Holy Land's power structure more.

After all, if the Elf Queen were to simply work, she would likely have no holidays. But if Rand, her boss, were to handle the difficult tasks, then Vanilla could enjoy the holidays she deserved without worry.

……

It has been confirmed that the agreed-upon technology is being finalized and there are no issues.

Rand then left the elf's temporary palace with peace of mind.

He told Vanilla that he would be there to congratulate her on her coronation, and that he would just wander around and leave once he had the technology.

Rand has been away from the Moon Phase Kingdom for some time now, and Lysa has already told Rand that the Torch Goddess's prophecy was not unfounded, and the real matter is about to come to a head.

After acquiring the technology, Rand planned to return to his territory and then begin working on the prophetic matter.

In fact, Rand had already vaguely guessed it.

It must be those things that were discovered in the Southern Kingdom.

People from the Torch Church have already been dispatched to handle the situation.

There was nothing more Rand could do, and Rand also reminded the nobles and royalty of the southern kingdoms.

However, these nobles and royalty were quite wary of Rand's advice and warnings, fearing that Rand might have some other schemes.

Of course, they didn't completely ignore Rand's warning, but their careful investigation wasn't enough to immediately resolve the impending explosion of "darkness in the allegory."

Naturally, they had no choice but to remind their allies first.

Fortunately, King Marcus and the Lionheart Kingdom had established a friendly marriage alliance early on.

After learning of Rand's concerns, Marcus immediately sent a message to his in-laws.

The Lionheart Kingdom also took King Marcus's news very seriously.

This is good news. As a powerful nation in the south, Lionheart Kingdom could probably hold off any serious incidents that might occur there.

Then Rand will have room to maneuver.

At this moment, Elsa looked at Lysa somewhat awkwardly: "Um, is it my turn today?"

Lysa looked up and thought for a moment, then nodded, handed Elsa a jar, and left.

Elsa stared silently at the jar in her hand.

(End of this chapter)