The doctor suffers from amnesia, but not complete amnesia.

As for later "revealing" his relationship with Outcast, it was to make Warner feel more favorably toward him personally, rather than simply seeing him as Hellimart's mouthpiece.

Shiton is a very interesting place. It is located at the junction of Victoria, Letania and the former Gaul. Before the War of the Four Emperors broke out, in terms of transportation importance, it was probably only one level lower than Kazdel. Both Victoria and Gaul were very interested in this place.

This is why Herhunzoren deliberately allowed the land to fall into ruin, as this would prevent the expansion of St. Thomland after the fall of Gaul from being too great, and would also deter the Dukes of Victoria from attacking the land—he needed a stable and peaceful research environment, rather than being endlessly bogged down by war.

However, now that Qiao Yelan intends to promote a universal currency, a trade route connecting the east and west would undoubtedly be the best guarantee for this currency.

Therefore, Shi Tongling's position became important once again.

If it weren't for the Outcast, Warner would have simply assumed that Joe Yelan represented the Gemini, and therefore any of his actions would have been reported to the Gemini for verification.

Now, Warner has a good impression of him, so if he wants to do something sneaky later, he won't arouse Warner's suspicion and let Helena and the others know.

“Take your men to Ludwig University and find a professor named Fremont. Tell him that I sent you there and ask him to find you a place to settle down—be prepared, this is a long trip.”

Qiao Yelan gave Sakorta some instructions.

Outcast nodded, then turned and led his men toward the university.

"Teacher, aren't you taking them with you?"

"What? You're not confident you can protect me?"

Qiao Yelan chuckled and made a joke, and Herlinmat playfully tugged at his hair.

Just like when I was a child

"Okay, okay, stop pulling. Teacher was wrong, if you keep pulling, you'll go bald."

The girl burst out laughing.

That's wonderful, teacher, you haven't changed at all.

"Teacher, things went very smoothly today. Shitongling is no longer a problem, and with Hochberg's army gone, the electors in various places had no choice but to give up their advance on Vidunia. We should no longer be making enemies on all sides, right?"

The girl racked her brains trying to demonstrate her understanding of politics, but all she got in return was a sigh from Qiao Yelan.

“Herlinmat, if you want to become a sword, you’d better only care about things related to swords. It’s true that the election ceremony can be considered over now, but if those electors have laid the groundwork beforehand, for example, if a group of ordinary citizens suddenly raise the banner of an elector, wouldn’t they have another excuse to march?”

“King Law and his guards are loyal to you, but they have only carried out suppression and appeasement work in the city. Even if Warner refuses to withdraw, King Law and his guards will still stand by and do nothing when he launches an attack on you.”

Helena fell silent; when it came to politics, she was indeed far inferior to her sister.

After all, she is the unyielding sword, while Ivignad is the shield that bears all.

“The reason Ivignad asked that question in the first place was because she understood politics, and she knew very well that once you got involved in the struggle for the throne, you would never be able to escape from this vortex.”

Qiao Yelan reached out and grasped the soft hand still on her head.

"Politics is the dirtiest game in the world. No one who gets involved can guarantee that they won't be affected. Similarly, joining this game means that all the pure and beautiful emotions in the world will leave you—even the feelings between you and Ivignad."

“That’s why Ivignad resists the crown. She knows very well that there will definitely be conflicts between you in the future, and these conflicts will definitely escalate to the national level. At that time, what will she choose, and what will you choose?”

Helene Marte remained silent; she had no answer to the question.

Hildegard Helenemat, Lizzielot Ivignad.

They are sisters, but they are complementary sisters, not completely identical sisters.

When they are just warriors, this is certainly a good thing, because they can completely trust each other.

But how could they not clash when the things they had to deal with went beyond the scope of combat?

Chapter Nineteen: Addiction Strikes

"Teacher, what about you? Do you want me to be just a sword, or...?"

“Hildegard, as I said, the gift I give you is the freedom to choose. Become whatever you want to be. I just feel that you are not very talented in politics—if you want to learn, I will certainly teach you with all my might.”

Qiao Yelan certainly hoped that Herlinmat would only be a sword, after all, unlike Ivignad, this black-clad sister was a little... single-minded.

With one person in charge of politics and the other in charge of military affairs, they became complementary individuals, which enabled them to secure the emperor's position.

"I...I understand, teacher. I won't argue with it."

The girl visibly became listless.

The man was a little surprised. Had he said something strange?

Or is it that she was so attacked for simply saying that she lacked political talent?

After being pushed in front of Ivignad, Qiao Yelan was about to speak when Herlinmat let go of her hand.

"I still have some military affairs to arrange. As for the rest, you and Liselotte can discuss it."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Qiao Yelan watched her figure disappear, then turned around and met Ivignad's gaze. Both of them saw the confusion in each other's eyes.

"Teacher, did you and your sister have a fight?"

"No, I just said she doesn't have much political talent."

Qiao Yelan was completely confused.

Ivignad looked at Qiao Yelan and realized that he seemed to really know nothing.

"Teacher, please tell me everything that happened before."

After Qiao Yelan finished describing everything, he noticed that the other person was looking at him with a very strange expression.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"...Teacher, are you really not aware of this?"

Qiao Yelan looked bewildered. Should he realize something?

When did he become so unable to understand even his own students?

"You should be aware of my sister's and my stance on the throne, right?"

"You oppose it, she supports it."

"My sister persuaded me to support her in order to help the teacher and fulfill your wish. So, naturally, she should be the one to sit on the throne, and I should be the one to assist her."

Ivignad sighed.

“But what you said to her was undoubtedly telling my sister that she was not suitable to sit on the throne, and that I was more suitable than her—in other words, you actually rejected her and chose me.”

She now finally understood why Helena Matt had given her that look before turning and leaving.

But... instead of feeling sorry for my sister, why do I feel a secret joy?

Ivigna suppressed the inappropriate flutter in her heart and looked at Qiao Yelan seriously.

"Teacher, you really shouldn't have said that to my sister—"

"I didn't say I was going to reject her."

Qiao Yelan still looked completely bewildered.

“What I mean is that you two ascend the throne together, and she continues to be a sword, forging ahead bravely, while you continue to be a shield, protecting and escorting her—you are complementary by nature, so of course you need to support each other to secure the emperor’s position.”

Ivignad: ?

"Two... emperors?"

“Yes, twin emperors, this is the best solution right now—everyone will think that the throne is impossible to share, so if you two ascend to the throne together, it will definitely make those ambitious people realize the opportunity. And for them, there is no need to use the army to take what can be obtained through conspiracy, which is so undignified.”

"And I will help you pacify the entire Vidonia in a short time, so that those electors will have no reason to continue the electoral ceremony—in order to maintain the stability and prosperity of Letania, there must be at least a 20-year interval between each electoral ceremony unless the emperor dies."

The man continued to explain his thoughts in a daze, opening the documents in his hand and pulling out personnel files one by one.

This is the evidence of noble connections and scandals uncovered by Helhunzoren's henchmen, spanning from Helhunzoren's ascension to the throne to his assassination last month—even the twin birth plan was just a sub-plan within the plan represented by this document.

It wasn't that Helhunzoren liked purges like Qiao Yelan; rather, it was a habit of his—whenever he found himself short of funds for his research but couldn't access the national treasury, he would select a group of "lucky ones" from this list and "borrow" some money from the nobles behind them.

The same thing happened this time. Herhunzoren wanted to expand Vidonia, and he planned to double the size of Vidonia, including the number of landmark buildings.

Therefore, it was definitely not feasible for ordinary nobles; only the electoral families of a certain region could afford it.

However, families of this caliber do not care if the tentacles of Vidunia are discovered, because Herhunzoren cannot use such a minor crime to confiscate the family of an Elector; this is one of the rules of the game in Letania.

So Herhunzoren came up with a brilliant idea.

Ordinary crimes certainly wouldn't warrant confiscating property, but assassinating the emperor without announcing the election ceremony is definitely a sufficient charge—because it means that the other side broke the rules first.

So he took out his twin artificial human project, and then asked Fremont to make an artificial soul formula. Finally, he asked Qiao Yelan to take it and sell it to the various electors to see which unlucky guy would take the bait.

This is the reason why Elector Leopold was assassinated while surrounded by a large army, and why his entire clan's heirs were wiped out—

With two heavyweights, the Witch King and Qiao Yelan, serving him alone, how could he not be blessed?

With the Hayden Schwell Electors' family setting a precedent, releasing this list would be enough to scare the other nobles so much they'd have heart attacks. Even the other Electors would be desperate to bribe Helhunzoren—that way he'd have the money to keep creating wonders.

The reason why Qiao Yelan kept a copy of this list is...

Because no one knows better than this guy how to squeeze money out of nobles.

In other words, given the Witch King's indifference to politics at the time, you could even interpret it as him outsourcing this matter to Baggio Yelan. As long as the final payment satisfied him, he didn't care what Baggio Yelan did...

As a result, Helhunzoren slipped and died. The current Twins obviously do not have the terrifying majesty of the Witch King, who could make the nobles tremble and prostrate themselves on the ground with just this list.

Therefore, this list is actually not very meaningful anymore.

So Qiao Yelan's meaning is—