Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 762 The Forgiving King Leon

Leon could understand the betrayals committed by the Ellis family because their unbridled ambitions were exploited.

After all, whether intentionally or unintentionally, they only chose to sacrifice their youngest son and a portion of their loyal subordinates.

As for the young master of the Western Region, although he kept causing trouble, he never accomplished anything.

Even when he tried to seduce a few female members of the royal family, he... ran right into the Hamilton family's Pearl, who was like an impenetrable mountain.

If the previous Pearl only failed in her pursuit of Graham Ellis because she suspected that Ellis was always appearing near them and trying to seduce Celestia of the Storm family...

She is now the kind of person who gives Graham Ellis nightmares.

Once everything comes to light, Graham will probably just want to bury his head in the sand and forget who he is.

Lest one day, some heartless devil reveal the name of his former suitor to Death.

They're so pitiful, so pitiful that Leon is willing to let the Ellis family continue to exist.

This is a family of speculators.

The initial speculation was simply to prevent their daughter from taking too much wealth with her when she married into the Montes family... They believed that the Earl of Montes would never be able to meet the investment amount required in his lifetime.

It's perfectly normal for a knight who barely managed to reach level 10 through underhanded means to be underestimated!

Although Montes was serving under His Majesty Travis at that time, he was just a squad leader... and his strength was nothing special.

Moreover, it's not that the Ellis family has no one who goes to the battlefield.

Leon knew this behavior was disgusting and repulsive, and that breaking the contract made with his comrades who died on the battlefield was truly intolerable.

However, he wouldn't think that the entire Ellis family should die just because of this behavior.

As long as they pay the price, that's fine; the rest depends on whether they can weather the storm.

Just like their original ally, the Montes family, wasn't it also left with only one heir struggling to survive because of a wrong decision?

The Ellis family is still relatively well-established... as long as their involvement in this matter is truly limited.

With a slight movement of his pen, Leon put his judgment on paper.

Of course, the most important reason is that although the four border lords each had their own reasons for stepping down, it all happened within the last few decades.

While suppressing the power of the nobility is the duty of the royal family, especially the king, the power of the nobility must not be allowed to weaken to the point that the royal family becomes so powerful that there are no restrictions.

With more people, things become more complicated.

His Majesty Travis has spoiled some people so much that they have forgotten how they used to carefully maintain the balance between the Storm Nobles and the traditional nobles.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone to such lengths to make Leon's accession to the throne.

No one among the nobles dared to speak out, but some within the royal family were going crazy.

No wonder His Majesty Travis intended to punish them severely once and for all.

He has so many things to do! He doesn't have time to come back every day to deal with these idiots!
Who knows how many more years it will be before Leon himself reaches the pinnacle of a professional!

It's not enough for him to just be at level 16; he has to work hard and work harder his whole life to truly succeed.

As Leon sat in the large study, looking at the important documents that filled the entire room, he finally understood His Majesty Travis's words: "Do you really think just anyone can be king?"

The Northern royal family does not need an heir to the throne who can only survive by relying on his ministers.

He can let noble ministers handle daily affairs, but he himself must have the ability to dictate when it matters... This is His Majesty Travis's governing philosophy.

Having read most of the document, Leon could somewhat agree with this viewpoint.

Just like the Royal Army, which is said to have always been under the control of the royal family, no, it can only be truly controlled by His Majesty Travis when he is in power, and he can do whatever he is told to do immediately!

If one's own abilities are insufficient, even subordinates will weigh the pros and cons in their minds.

If one day Leon were to abdicate, he would surely choose an heir who is exceptionally talented, intelligent, resolute, shrewd yet firm, and willing to listen to advice… If Leon was somewhat uneasy when he first entered the palace, now he stands tall and proud, with a look of unwavering responsibility on his face!

Although there are many members of the royal family, only a handful can actually do this.

After eliminating those whose status and age are unsuitable, it really only leaves Leon!

Therefore, it was not a sudden whim of His Majesty Travis, but rather the result of decades of serious consideration.

Leon is now very confident and has begun to dare to give orders.

So the first thing he had to do was to make sure the nobles didn't think the royal family was planning to crush them.

Ironically, the Montes family, who were once considered a benchmark and whom the royal family believed would never have any problems, turned out to be the first to run into trouble.

The subsequent disappearance of a series of families has put these nobles on guard.

Just like Schröder, who was considered to have brought this upon himself and deserved to die, if the royal family were to take the opportunity to send them to their doom, they might actually gain some sympathy.

It sounds ridiculous that so many pitiful people show no sympathy, yet people sympathize with a group of criminals and the beneficiaries of crime.

But that's human nature. Even if Leon never received any lessons in the art of being a king... well, that doesn't quite apply.

Before he came of age, he did indeed take the basic courses that all direct members of the royal family took.

Leon, who had received a great deal of information from the royal magic array during this period, had long ago discovered that all of this was a deepening and expansion of the foundations laid back then.

No wonder every member of the royal family can quickly figure out how to manage a territory... This is not because members of the royal family are born managers!

These are all things they learned in elementary school!

They themselves were unaware that, after all, most of those courses were taught under strange names such as mathematics, linguistics, etiquette, or even the basic manners of a nobleman.

Unfortunately, it wasn't until now that Leon understood that he had indeed already taken on the appearance of the North, which was why he had so easily accepted his grandfather's orders back then.

Yuri, on the other hand, was the one who saw things more clearly.

He shook his head slightly and couldn't help but chuckle, "Fine, the Ellis family will benefit."

“There’s nothing we can do.” Yuri understood what Leon was struggling with. “The mistake the Ellis family made was the inaction of the royal family, and that they overstepped their bounds.”

If even the Ellis family cannot be exempted, other families must be even more insecure.

Not to mention we also have to give leeway to the families of those followers that His Majesty Travis cares about.

Rather than letting others see our insecurity, it's better to appear magnanimous.

Leon put down his pen: "Since they have to suffer the injustices here, then we must completely shatter their illusions as their own people!"

Yuri hesitated for a moment: "Don't you think that the lady in Dark Night has implicated too many people?"
Some, though they had the intention, were only after gaining more benefits, not really…

“Heh~” Leon couldn’t help but laugh. “No need to test me, Yuri.”

Although I often act out of kindness, I would never use it on them.

His Majesty King Travis took a liking to me because I not only understand the ways of the world, but I am also absolutely fair, isn't that right?

There's no one in the royal family who deserves my special attention.

Even more...orphaned and alone than he was back then.

Back in the day, Travis was still able to rely on his age and talk about the old days.

He, Leon, had no elders who were close to him or cared for him, nor any old friends he grew up with.

What he had had always been with him; it wasn't some kind of accident.

Yuri shook his head thoughtfully, then put it more plainly: "Her reckless behavior may not yield the desired results, but it will certainly make the Dark Night Church even more prominent."

Leon, we are, after all, the land of storms.

Even if the Lord of Storms grants us permission, we must ensure that the Church of Storms forever holds the largest and strongest divine authority in the North.

“Celestia, you can’t even support the Storm Nobles?” Leon was somewhat surprised. “She personally participated in the Battle of the Storm Church in Hamilton, and she was the victor.”

The Lord of Storms will surely reward her.

According to the conventions of the Storm Nobles, isn't Celestia the leader of the Storm Believers of the North?
Isn't that woman shrewd, greedy, and adept at using time?

how come……"

Yuri simply rolled his eyes at his barrage of questions: "She's just the chief heir of the family, not the patriarch."

Leon understood and shook his head helplessly: "The young man who is eager for quick success has been temporarily sealed away!"

There's nothing we can do then. Let's see if any other members of the Storm family can temporarily hold things off.

They should have chosen a new force that could rival their family, but considering that the Schroeder family still had peripheral influence, they wanted to wait.

But since they feel that Celestia's initiative in taking action is too hasty, then we don't need to make things difficult for ourselves now for the sake of potential future troubles.

Leon seemed to have thought of something and smiled with amusement: "Until the new Storm family is established, let Scholar Carlo lend a hand!"
Anyway, he works pretty hard copying books, so it's good for him to have something to do for fun.

Yuri nodded: "Alright."

Seven suddenly looked up and said with a serious expression, "I wonder how Count Ezra's family's trip is going!"

"Who knows?"
No, there is one person who definitely knows.

"What a pity," Yuri said with a melancholy look. "Once we leave the North, our sources of inside information are completely gone."

Moreover, it seems that Varela has been forced to work by His Majesty Travis!

I'm not in a good mood.

Even if I could get in touch with her, I wouldn't dare ask her.

(End of this chapter)