Let's start over, Your Majesty.

Chapter 271 Thirteen Years

"The talisman we sent back then was one of ours. It contained a wisp of the divine status of the star field, so that you could successfully awaken the Emperor's Seal after you woke up."

Matilda said.

Caesar paused for a moment before remembering the amulet that Yumilia had traded for her travel expenses from a messenger eleven years ago.

I remember she said that a messenger was in trouble and hoped to exchange this amulet for her travel expenses to go home, and Yumilia readily agreed.

Before this, he thought it was just an ordinary, low-level amulet with a little magic, but he never expected that someone was setting him up.

He remembered that the talisman was still in the storage box in the attic of his old home.

“During your time at Brown Beach, we guided her to find you. We also informed the Frederick family of Ita’s whereabouts.”

"We couldn't participate in the Expo crisis because there were too many eyes watching, but during the Solago Canal incident, we sent men to cut off the Kingdom's support forces,"

“Your movements are really small,” Caesar said.

Matilda said, "We have always obeyed the commands of His Majesty the Lord and provided assistance as long as you are in accordance with your own decisions, but we will only intervene when you are truly in dire straits."

"But now it seems you haven't given us that chance."

"Heh, if you knew you had someone backing you, would you have made things so complicated?" Caesar said.

“Oh, by the way, your first encounter with the members of the Eldaria Restoration Society was also arranged by us in secret,” Matilda added.

"What? That guy, what's his name?" Caesar had forgotten about the guy he'd met before who used the Restoration Society to fool passersby.

"Was he also arranged by you? Why?" he asked, puzzled, not understanding the intention behind doing so.

“Because in our original plan, we hoped that you could join the Restoration Society in the future,” Matilda said.

"Enter the Restoration Society?"

"You know, the Restoration Society is now just a tool for a mob to launder money, but there are still reasons why we have to pay attention to it, namely its legitimacy and social attention, as well as its relationship with the Kingdom's internal affairs department. The Restoration Society has had connections with many parties in the Kingdom, even the Unger faction that runs the party."

"Moreover, at its peak, the Restoration Society had five legitimate seats in the Kingdom's Parliament and enjoyed support from various quarters. Although it has fallen on hard times, its ties with the Kingdom's political parties remain."

"Therefore, in our vision, the best way to form a large-scale legitimate force within the kingdom is to control the Restoration Society."

Matilda looked at Caesar: "You should understand the necessity of this, shouldn't you?"

Matilda is right. If Caesar really wants to reach godhood again in just thirteen years to deal with the impending apocalypse, then concentrating power is essential.

To deal with the threat of the apocalypse, the power of all mankind must be united, but the current state of the world is far from meeting this requirement. Therefore, he needs to overthrow the existing national governments, establish his own power system, and then combine the power of the entire world.

In other words, he had to overthrow the Ungol faction, which had dominated Finn's political scene for decades, and also quell conflicts between countries around the world and establish a new Eli League in just over a decade.

Caesar had already achieved a feat of superhuman ability by spending nearly forty years unifying the world; now, he was asked to do it all again, but in thirteen years. Logically, this seemed impossible, but he had no choice but to do it.

“Your Majesty, to be honest, I am now willing to serve you not only because of the Lord’s request, but also because you are a monarch with great vision and ideas,” Matilda said.

"Your past policies show that your views on the world and the future of humanity are far beyond those of ordinary people. Perhaps you were born in the wrong era. You should not have been born in the barbaric and strife of ancient times, nor in the current era of prominent contradictions in the world. Your vision and ideas should have come in place nearly a hundred years from now, when humanity has the ability to explore the world and the universe more deeply."

“You don’t need to flatter me like that,” Caesar said.

“This is not a compliment,” Matilda said. “His Holiness the Lord did not teach me to say these things; it is merely my personal opinion.”

But Caesar never thought he had any great vision; everything he did was simply to move towards his goal.

Sometimes he wonders if he's being too stubborn, clinging to idealistic things.

"I have another question. All those things Wendy mentioned, like being chosen by the Holy Emperor, were they all your doing?" Caesar asked.

“Yes, we need her very much, which is why we used some special means to bring her into the organization,” Matilda said.

Is there anything special about her?

“She has half Isaac blood, and that half Isaac blood comes from the Ingrame family,” Matilda said.

"You should be familiar with them."

"The one in Isaac's royal family who held military power?"

Ingrame belonged to the military power of the Isaac royal family. Several famous generals of the Savoy Empire in history came from this family. They were warlike, admired martial prowess, and were all natural-born warriors.

In the war against the demons, four of the five commanders of Savieh came from Ingrame, and among them, Von Rigo Ingrame was the one who surrendered to Eldaria on behalf of Savieh and was known as the Doomsday Demon General.

“But this seems a bit out of place with that woman,” Caesar said.

“Wendy’s grandfather was from the Ingraham family, so the advantage of her bloodline isn’t really apparent in her. Actually, her relationship with her family isn’t good, but that doesn’t matter. What we need is this connection so that we can infiltrate Savier in the future,” Matilda said.

Savoy is currently embroiled in war and remains one of the most dangerous regions in the world. If he wants to unite forces in the future, the biggest obstacle will likely be them.

"Then what about those articles she wrote?" Caesar asked again.

"That was actually her job. When we met her, she was already a well-known writer. However, because she dealt with some controversial topics, her life wasn't very optimistic."

"Then what about that book she wrote? She said it was at your request?" Caesar frowned, looking accusatory.

“Ahem.” Matilda coughed lightly. “At the time, we thought she had the ability to do this, and we wanted her to write a book about the history of the empire, the more attention the better. But we didn’t expect that she would think that attracting attention meant that. In addition, she is a woman who doesn’t think about the consequences of her words. What she told you about her own status was somewhat exaggerated.”

“Oh,” Caesar understood, “so it’s still her own fault, right?”

(End of this chapter)