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"We must obey!"

The nobles are the least principled.

As long as it benefits them, these people will even actively help Claire clear her name of being the son of a demon.

Wealthy merchants and nobles across the country gave almost the same answer at the same time.

Within minutes, this whitewashing rhetoric spread throughout mainland China, even faster than the spread of rumors.

After all, this concerns my future interests!

However, before these nobles could even rejoice, Claire in the scene continued to speak.

"However, before I completely relinquish my rule, there is one more thing I need to announce."

"That is, from today onwards, the Principality of Ferrante will establish a People's Assembly! And the rule of the country will be completely transferred from the Phoenix family to the People's Assembly."

"At the same time, the Duchy of Ferrante will also establish people's guilds in each city-state. And the members of the council will be selected from these guilds!"

"The People's Assembly will have a total of fifteen seats, including the Speaker. Four will be held by nobles, three by merchants, and eight by the People's Guild."

"So far!"

"The Phoenix family will become a thing of the past! And a brand new future will be in the hands of all the citizens of the Duchy of Ferrante!"

Now, everyone on the entire continent who was watching the royal city of Canosa was so shocked that they were speechless.

No one could have imagined that Claire would release such an amazing physical reform!

The Auguston Empire and the Pennsylvania Federation also had parliamentary systems, but their parliaments were centered around nobles and leaders.

For example, the core of the Auguston Empire was still King Grandon.

The Central Council also made some positive changes based on King Gurendon's proposal.

However, separating the king and making the parliament the core, with most of its representatives chosen from the people, was indeed unprecedented!

This value system not only had a significant impact on the Duchy of Ferrante, but its aftershocks even reached other neighboring states.

Has Claire really gone mad?!

Those nobles who had just claimed to obey Claire's orders and help her clear her name now looked like clowns.

I wish I could slap myself a few times!

The four nobles, especially those located near the city of Canosa, looked particularly grim.

"Claire..."

"So you not only want to give up the Phoenix family's rule, but you even want to uproot the lifeblood of us nobles!"

You must die!

They originally had complete control over their own territories, and some of the great nobles could even influence national policies.

However, once this policy is implemented, nobles will only be able to hold four seats in parliament.

At that time, not only will they be unable to influence national policies, but they will also completely lose control over their own territory!

Claire, she's going to wipe out all the interests of the nobility in one fell swoop!

It’s just crazy!

Some nobles from a more distant area even slammed their fists on the table and immediately gathered their troops to help out.

However, the attitudes of merchants and the general public were almost 180 degrees different from those of the nobles.

For merchants, they were previously just a marginal force in the country. The only thing they could do was to fund the nobles as much as possible so that they would receive some benefits and preferential treatment in future policies.

Being able to become a member of parliament and participate in policy-making is undoubtedly a huge benefit for them!

The public clearly doesn't yet understand what this system will bring them.

But somehow, they could still sense Claire's thoughts.

She wanted to deliver something important to the people.

At this point, Claire continued speaking.

"The following words are addressed to all the people of Ferrante."

"Please listen carefully."

"For a long time, the citizens of the Duchy of Ferrante have made immeasurable contributions to the development and progress of this country."

"Without you, the Golden Harvest Plain would not bear abundant fruit, the market would not have a wide variety of goods, and even during the war between the four kingdoms five hundred years ago, it was you who served as the vanguard, fighting against the Auguston Empire and the Pennsylvania Federation to protect this country."

"Without you, there will be no food, no wine, no clothing, and no utensils."

"This country has belonged to you from the very beginning!"

"Now, my father has left the throne, and the duchy is in turmoil. Countless happy families have been torn apart by this upheaval!"

"Husbands were forced to separate from their wives and children, and the wealth you had accumulated throughout your lives was confiscated by nobles as military pay for this war. Countless others were forced to leave their homes and become refugees, wandering to other countries. You could have lived a happy and peaceful life, but turmoil and war destroyed everything!"

"But this is unreasonable! This should not have happened!"

"This is the Phoenix family's fault!"

"I, Phoenix Claire, on behalf of the Phoenix family, extend my sincerest apologies to all the citizens of Ferrante!"

"At the same time, the Phoenix family will permanently relinquish its rule over the Duchy of Ferrante!"

After saying that, Claire bowed deeply.

But this caused an uproar throughout the country.

Claire's words expressed what everyone felt.

Yes.

They could have lived their ordinary lives happily.

It was this turmoil that caused them to lose almost everything.

Wives lost their husbands, children lost their fathers, and countless families lost all their possessions and were forced to leave their homes.

All of this is a mistake made by this upheaval.

All of this was the fault of those nobles who coveted royal power.

At this moment, Claire pulled the battle flag of the Duchy of Ferrante from the scales of the sandworm and held it in her hand.

She held her head high, radiating an incomparably dazzling light, just like Mia five hundred years ago.

"therefore!"

"All citizens of the Duchy of Ferrante!"

"Pick up your weapons and defend your rights!"

"If anyone tears your wives and children apart, draw your weapons against them! If anyone tries to take your property, fight back! If anyone plunges your country into war, roar in anger!"

"Announce it to them!"

"You are the true masters of this country!"

"And I will be here to confront all enemies who dare to invade the royal city of Canosa! To safeguard the last vestiges of this nation's stability!"

"When it's all over, this country will have new masters!"

"That is the People's Assembly!"

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"Father!"

"Did you hear what Princess Claire just said?!"

The girl rushed out of the room, while in the courtyard outside, a strong middle-aged man was swinging his sword at a wooden stake.

Each swing was accompanied by a whooshing sound as it cut through the air.

"Ah, I heard that."

Upon hearing his daughter's voice, the middle-aged man put down his sword, wiped his sweat, and looked at Claire, who stood on the sandworm's back like a Valkyrie.

"Truly... heroes emerge from among the young."

"I never expected that the Phoenix family would produce another Mia."

"Father! What should we do?"

The middle-aged man silently clenched his fist.

Claire's words had just made his blood boil.

The masters of the country, the people's parliament...?

That's a really bold decision.

However, it seems pretty good.

Then, the middle-aged man picked up the long sword from the ground, smiled at his daughter, and said...

"Let's go to the royal city of Canosa."

"It's time to help our little princess."

"By the way, have you learned all the magic I taught you before?"