Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

That was when the real war between the Dead Apostles began.

So placing the piece in this position is perfect!

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24. End and Beginning

"Breakfast is ready."

By the time Roland heard the voice, he had already straightened his clothes.

Today is the day Ernest is executed.

"Let's go."

Roland pushed open the door and saw Bai Mao, dressed in a maid outfit, waiting for him with her head bowed.

After that, Roland followed her to have breakfast.

Breakfast was also made by Bai Mao—when all of Bai Mao's personalities were integrated into her, because she had absorbed the other personalities into gods, she was able to control these abilities even better.

One of her personalities is called Gourmet, who is specifically responsible for cooking.

After breakfast, Roland went to the main hall of the court. During the morning court session, Roland announced his appointment to expand Esdeath's army.

The imperial court has yet to regain its vitality.

Although a large number of Ernest's cronies had been eliminated and replaced with new people, the atmosphere in the court was still relatively quiet—basically, Roland made some appointments, and the officials below simply nodded in acceptance, without offering any further opinions.

This is all a mess left by Ernest.

During the reign of the late emperor, the emperor was in poor health, so Ernest, who was most trusted by the late emperor, had a place in the court. After Ernest used this to oust the previous minister, he controlled the court until recently.

When the late emperor was still alive, his health condition meant that he was destined not to be able to hold the morning court sessions for too long.

Under these circumstances, Ernest made some simple plans, and over time no one in the court dared to speak up—it is estimated that if the people below were pushed too far, some of them might still jump out.

But that's about it.

However, this is fine at the current stage.

Because Roland has orders to take care of two worlds at the same time, many appointments may seem inexplicable. If they simply carry them out without objection, it becomes much more convenient.

After the morning court session ended, Ernest was to be executed at noon, so Roland returned to his study to handle some of the empire's internal affairs.

This morning, Bai Mao was dressed in a maid outfit, but now she was wearing a thin, close-fitting dress, glasses, and had tied up her long hair. She appeared by her side as a secretary, helping her organize documents and handle trivial matters.

When it was time to go to the execution ground, Bai Mao changed into an official robe and followed behind Roland, briefly reporting the various arrangements to Roland.

I have to say, BaiMao is really useful!

He hadn't felt this way when he was in Fuyuki, but after coming to the Empire, he realized that Hyakko was an incredibly capable all-rounder.

Basically, no matter what the problem is, just ask Bai Mao.

As she develops more and more personalities, in addition to her own attributes, she also gains more and more abilities in various aspects, and the ones she uses become increasingly powerful.

For example, cooking skills, housework, tea ceremony, document organization, financial management, martial arts, assassination skills, etc.—I doubt they've met all these criteria in the evaluation.

In addition, some of the skills she has just learned can quickly reach a B-level rating, which is Bai Mao's biggest advantage, and she is obviously developing in this direction.

Roland had already noticed this when he was evaluating Iskandar's army.

It seems that Bai Mao has even pointed out the talents needed to command troops or become a military strategist.

With such comprehensive talents, coupled with her clone and physical attributes, Roland always felt that if he didn't work harder, he would easily become a useless person like her.

"Okay, let's get started."

With Roland's arrival and his seat, the execution of Ernest began.

The fact that it was held in the central square of the capital meant that many people from the capital would be watching.

Ernest wielded considerable influence in the capital, so even though the people of the capital had heard of Ernest's downfall beforehand, they were still stunned when they actually saw him being placed on the execution platform.

Ernest, on the other hand, first cursed, and then finally lay on the execution platform begging for mercy.

However, the outcome was inevitable.

Roland will not let him off the hook.

The reason he's been able to stay with us these past few days is because public executions offer some real comfort and reassurance to the people, plus...

As Ernest cried out, his son, Sheila, led a group of people towards the execution platform from the crowd.

Seeing this group of people, Roland smiled, and then spoke to Bai Mao.

"Kill all of them, including Ernest."

Hearing Roland say this, Bai Mao nodded.

"Yes."

As she spoke, hundreds of figures wearing white skull masks rushed out from the crowd and charged straight at Sheila and Ernest.

This is the second purpose of Roland's decision to publicly execute Ernest.

Although he could go find Sheila himself, Sheila had been hiding ever since Roland had General Bud seal off the city, making it somewhat troublesome to find her.

Therefore, the best approach is to stimulate him to act.

If that doesn't work, then Roland will have no choice but to let Bai Mao search for it slowly.

As a result, Bai Mao even developed a detective personality.

Fortunately, Sheila knew that if Ernest died, even if he escaped, he would be nothing more than a stray dog. Sheila didn't know if it was because of the butterfly effect, but in any case, he hadn't even obtained his Teigu yet, so he still needed Ernest's influence.

Under such circumstances, his bottom line was that he and Ernest would run away together.

That's why he found a group of cannon fodder—and these cannon fodder even dressed up in the same way as him and Ernest under their disguises, all to confuse the situation.

Unfortunately, his opponent was Bai Mao.

All of Bai Mao's clones are her followers, and they have special ways of communicating and cooperating, as well as rich experience and powerful combat strength.

They won't be fooled by these tricks at all.

So the operation actually went very smoothly.

The crowd became chaotic due to the commotion, and people were running around in all directions.

It wasn't until General Bud and his soldiers had calmed the crowd that people discovered that Sheila and Ernest had already been stabbed to death beneath the execution platform.

Besides that, both of them were covered in footprints.

This is what the people of the capital trampled out during the chaos just now.

With so many people trampling on them haphazardly, Sheila and Ernest were covered in footprints and blood, and were even somewhat deformed.

This scene made the scene somewhat quiet, but soon, a clap of hands broke the silence.

The crowd looked toward the source of the clapping and discovered that it was Roland who had somehow walked up to the bodies of Sheila and Ernest.

"Why the silence, Ernest? You have all been greatly affected during his reign—and if all the suffering you have endured were added together, I think these footprints are far too few!"

“Sheila is the same; relying on her father being Ernest, she is even more brutal than Ernest.”

"People, tell me, these two men are dead, and they died so tragically, why are you silent?"

"Am I the only one who's so happy I want to clap my hands?"

As Roland spoke, the people present looked at each other, and only then did they realize that Ernest was really dead!

The previous quiet was like the calm before a storm.

After Roland led the applause, applause quickly turned into cheers, even roars and tears of joy...

The Empire has suffered under Ernest for too long!

Today, this evil has finally come to an end!

Roland looked at the cheering crowd and didn't want to get in the way. While the crowd was cheering, he gave Bud a look, telling him to maintain order, and then left with Bai Mao.

Ernest's death marked the end of an era.

But it also signifies the beginning of a new era.

So, over the next two months, Roland and Bai Mao were dealing with the aftermath of Ernest's actions while also deciding the future of the empire.

In the Type-Moon world, Rin Tohsaka contacted Roland on the night of Ernest's execution, saying that Aika Sajou wouldn't be coming to see her for the time being, but would stay in Northern Europe until this period passed.

Roland nodded in agreement, reminded them to be careful, and then said nothing more.

Then, as time went on, Roland left Bai Mao with the Empire.

He also asked Bai Mao to help him find Akame and Kurome, characters from the original work who could leave an impression on Roland. Roland then gave Bai Mao and the others very detailed temporary arrangements.

Akame was highlighted by Roland.

After all, Akame's talent is not low, and Murasame's ability to hide is also very special. Akame herself once said that using Murasame's secret technique is equivalent to giving up her human identity.

If that's the case, then perhaps Akame has something to look forward to.

"I'll leave this to you."

Hearing Roland say this, Bai Mao nodded and stayed behind to pretend that Roland was still there. Then, following Roland's instructions, he continued to push the empire forward.