The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

"You asked me how I froze all the Cadians? It's a commercial secret. I can't tell you."

After Jiangyue took the two girls away temporarily, Aarons was immediately surrounded by high-ranking military officials.

Although the men from the Third and Fifth Corps were not familiar with the honorary marquis, he had indeed reversed the situation on the southern front and saved a large number of soldiers.

Faced with such an indisputable fact, these people naturally did not dare to neglect him.

"All I can say is that unless the Cadians can fly over from the air, they will not be able to pose a threat here within half a year."

The solid ice that Yalu created using the power of the stars cannot be melted by magic alone, so it is indeed unlikely that the Cadians will continue to send troops here for the time being.

However, the opponent might have some other tricks up his sleeve, and that was something Aarons couldn't predict.

"I'm going to go see Her Royal Highness the Princess next, and I'll probably be away for a few days. So everyone should relax a little these days, and give everyone a holiday."

"But Marquis, our problem now is that we don't have enough magic source stones. After Corinth cut the amount of trade with us, the warships that the Fifth Legion managed to save with great difficulty could no longer be activated."

"Then ask their people to come and see the ice in Cadia, and then tell them that it is so hot in the summer and we intend to help them cool down, and then let them think about what to do."

This was certainly an unreasonable threat, but the now divided empire did need this kind of deterrence to intimidate its neighbors.

"Don't worry about the first and second princes for now. Find a way to contact Duke Oufei and confirm the third prince's condition as soon as possible. When I bring Her Royal Highness the Princess back, we will officially start supporting the third prince to succeed to the throne."

Even if the third prince did not have much prestige, the soldiers in front of Aarons would not choose to support the other two princes.

The eldest prince was just a puppet of the great nobles, and the second prince was willing to sell out the country for the throne - supporting these two people to succeed to the throne was essentially pushing the empire directly to destruction.

As for whether supporting the third prince would lead to any problems in the distribution of interests... at least for now, no one from the three legions dares to offend this "useless" marquis who has no idea what other cards he has.

Therefore, as long as Aarons is still alive, the third prince really has the possibility of inheriting the throne.

"Any other questions? If they're not important, we can talk about them later. I just came back and was busy talking. I haven't even eaten yet."

"Oh, I'm so sorry. Marquis, please take a rest first, we will go down and discuss it ourselves."

After watching the senior officials of the three legions leave the office, Mo Qianyun, who had been accompanying them, immediately brought over the food that had been prepared.

Karin took out a strange crystal from her pocket and placed it in front of Aarons with a serious look.

"What is this? Oh, is this the message Xia Ye left behind that you mentioned before?"

"Yes, I think she deliberately gave this thing to me before she left. There must be some purpose behind it."

It seems that I have something to watch with my meal - thinking of this, Aarons handed the crystal to Mo Qianyun beside him.

"This should be something that can only be activated with magic power, Qianyun, please help me."

As the illusory images unfolded before his eyes, Aarons, who was just about to start eating, saw two figures that he was very familiar with.

The Marquis of Moti and the Emperor.

……

"I've already dealt with those guys. This way, even if the brigade finds out that we did it, they can't do anything to us since we've already returned to the Empire."

At the foot of the blazing volcano, the young emperor and the marquis were walking along a path—and in the emperor's hand was a crystal object that looked like amber and seemed quite valuable.

"Ah... Then I will start recording. Today, I, Cloel Armand, and my best friend Maren Morty, betrayed the Star Seeking Group and seized the vessel where the soul of the Star Child resides."

Although he didn't know why the emperor recorded this disgraceful incident, Marquis Moti did not express any opinion and just followed him silently.

"The Covenant Alliance wants to cultivate this thing into a tool that can provide unlimited spiritual energy, but I think... this is not a good thing."

"Humph, because the Star Seeking Group is an organization that will do anything to achieve its goals... The Covenant Alliance, the mastermind behind this, is probably not a benevolent charity."

"Haha, it seems that you and I have the same point of view - so I decided to take this thing back, not as a tool, but to cultivate it into a 'person'."

After hearing this delusional speech, the young marquis could not help but shake his head helplessly.

However, the emperor seemed quite confident about this, as if he had planned it long ago.

"Although I am not a good person, I also know that this pure soul should not be polluted. This can be regarded as a little selfish of mine."

"Alas, I hope you don't forget that our country is not that safe."

"Hahaha, if I really fail, then just think of it as me doing something stupid!"

——The first record ends here.

……

“…Something went wrong.”

The next scene is set in the inner hall where the emperor handles his daily affairs.

"Although I have been training strictly according to the plan proposed by the brigade, the child is not human after all...so it is very likely that he will not be born normally."

"I've already advised you before... Well, just tell me what you think. I came all the way from the border not to play guessing games with you."

The young Marquis Moti was quite disrespectful to the emperor, but the emperor himself did not feel anything about it.

"I guess that in order for the child to be born in a normal form, it is likely that we will need to prepare some human-specific elements for her... but I don't know what exactly is needed now."

"…Do you have a rough estimate?"

"I asked the Spiritual Green Martial God to check it out. He said that it would be best to have a newborn child for comparison, so that we can find out what is missing... It would be even better if we could directly remove the missing things from that child."

After saying this, an unbearable silence fell.

After waiting for a long time, Marquis Moti, who had been silent, finally spoke again - but this time, his expression became quite ugly.

"Take my son, Aarons Moti. If you need anything, take it from him."

"Are you...are you serious?! Isn't your son only half a year old...and wasn't he diagnosed with quite a good talent?!"

"You called me here on purpose, isn't it just for this... But remember, this is the last time I'll play with you, Kroll."

When the terrifying silence fell in the room again, the emperor finally leaned back in his chair in a daze and covered his face with his hands guiltily.

"...I and the Empire will never treat you unfairly."

"Forget about it. Since I have to sacrifice my own son as the price, then our past accounts... are now settled."

After saying this, Marquis Moti left the emperor's side hall without looking back.

——And the second scene ends here.

However, in the darkness after the end, the last voice recording left by the emperor was slowly played out.

"Today, my daughter was born."

"But Maren's son, Aarons... his soul has been irreversibly damaged. He has lost all his talents and most of his wisdom. From now on, he can only live as a dull and incompetent person... and I have also lost a friend who I can trust unconditionally."

"What I have done is not worthy of forgiveness, but I swear here that as long as I take back this country, I will definitely let these two children have a happy life."

As for how much grudges and hatred are hidden in all this, perhaps only the deceased emperor and Marquis Moti know.

……

"…What the hell? Keliya was able to be born because they sacrificed the unlucky young master?"

Although Aarons was not the direct party involved, he became annoyed all of a sudden.

"Is there something wrong with the emperor's brain? And the old marquis...what's wrong with them?!"