Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

Isaac's actions have undoubtedly frightened everyone, and the torn-up minister has become their best warning.

The king asked, trembling, "Mr. Isaac, what are you doing?"

"What are you doing? Getting what your lovely daughter wants."

"But our deal should already be over..."

“Our deal is over, of course, because I have no interest in cowardly dealings with someone like you.” Isaac grabbed the king’s beard and brought his face close to his own.

"Don't you know the princess saved your lives?" Isaac's smile was mad, sending chills down everyone's spines.

"what?"

"By ceding the southern territories to Fruger, you are essentially opening your defenses and letting the enemy in. This has a significant impact on the entire war situation. Therefore, when you announce the end of the deal, you only need to do one thing..."

Isaac looked at everyone with a ferocious grin.

“Erase Flügel and Rhodesell from the map.”

Chapter 75: Cleansing

"Quick, pack your things! Let's get out of here right now!"

Early in the morning, inside a villa, a middle-aged man kept urging his servants to put everything they could into boxes.

"Sir, what exactly happened?" a richly dressed noblewoman asked the flustered middle-aged man before her.

The middle-aged man ignored her as she continued packing and said, "The world is about to change in Rhodesells. You should pack your things too, we need to escape abroad."

"What exactly is it..."

"The princess is trying to seize power. Our previous decision angered her, and she'll probably turn against us soon." The middle-aged man continued moving things. In the past, servants would do the moving, but now he was doing it himself to speed things up.

The middle-aged man was one of the ministers of the country, and the noblewoman was naturally his wife.

"Princess? Princess Charlotte? But she's only ten years old." The noblewoman clearly didn't believe it.

"Do you know who's behind her? The State Alchemist of Amestris! The monster who took down the palace guards with a snap of her fingers!" As he said this, the middle-aged man's face showed unprecedented fear.

"Then what do we do now..." The noblewoman was at a loss for words.

"Get out of here as soon as possible, anywhere is fine. We have enough wealth to live a carefree life," the middle-aged man urged the wealthy woman. "Go and wake the children up quickly, we'll be..."

boom!!

Before he could finish speaking, a huge explosion rang out, blasting a large hole in the villa.

The middle-aged minister and noblewoman looked outside in horror as a black-haired boy and a blonde girl walked in through the large hole.

"Sorry, something came up and I was held up." Isaac looked at the two terrified people with a playful expression, then glanced at their large bags of luggage. "What? Going on a trip?"

Looks like there's no way out!

"Your Excellency Isaac, are you determined to exterminate them all?" the minister asked in a low voice, barely suppressing his fear.

"We can let you leave, but you must hand over all your power and property."

"So...do you want us all to become commoners?" The minister knew very well what would happen if he handed over all his wealth.

They were reduced to commoners and lived in poverty, a life no different from hell.

"Why not?"

"Don't joke around! What's the difference between that kind of life and death!" the minister roared, then calmed down and said to Isaac, "Your Excellency Isaac, please let us leave. We were wrong about what happened to the princess. If you are willing to let us leave, I will give you half of my property."

This is the only way he can think of to persuade Isaac now.

Isaac didn't speak, but looked at a room behind him.

"That room seems to be your children; there appear to be three of them."

"!" The minister and his wife looked at Isaac in horror, wondering how he knew.

Isaac looked at the room and smiled slightly, slowly raising his hand, his middle finger and thumb together...

"Stop!!" the minister shouted. "I agree to your request. I will give you all my property."

The minister collapsed to his knees, looking as if he had aged ten years.

A few minutes later, the servant brought over a stack of documents and handed them to Isaac with trembling hands.

Isaac took the documents and handed them directly to Violet. After reading through them, Violet said, "Mr. Isaac, the inventory is complete. There are five properties, three factories, and two private estates in total. The cash amount is as follows..."

“Very good. Now that you’ve handed everything over, there’s nothing more for you to do. Congratulations on surviving,” Isaac said with a smile.

He patted the minister on the shoulder and said, "You are lucky. You didn't set up a bunch of guards at the door or rebel like the others."

The minister's eyes widened.

"Yesterday, those ministers rushed back and took their private soldiers, intending to storm the palace and kidnap the princess. It was a good plan, but unfortunately, they are now just a pile of charred remains."

"As for their house... you can go and see for yourself from the window." He pointed out the window.

The ministers looked out the window and saw that several familiar mansions had been engulfed in flames and turned into ruins, and the people inside were probably no longer alive.

Looking at the destroyed places, he felt nothing but fear.

"Alright, where you go next is your business, I'm not going to interfere."

After saying that, he and Violet left the place.

After they left, the minister clutched his heart, his body convulsed, and he collapsed to the ground.

"master!!"

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At this time, it was the capital of Rhodesell.

A high platform was erected in the center of the square, where the ten-year-old princess delivered a passionate speech, while a large crowd gathered below.

"People of Rhodesel, years ago, Frugel seized our land, forcing us to leave our homeland. We endured this in silence, begging for peace, but now they want to plunder our land again..."

When the princess spoke on stage, the audience felt a deep sense of empathy and were moved to tears. Among them were many veterans who had experienced war.

Back then, they thought they were fighting desperately on the front lines to protect their homeland, and their comrades were falling one after another in front of them, but they did not regret it. They were protecting their homeland.

As a result, the country's ministers actually compromised and directly ceded the eastern and western territories to Flüger. How could the veterans who fought and died on the battlefield accept this? The land they risked their lives to defend was being given away so easily; had all their comrades' blood been shed in vain?

The princess's speech clearly touched a nerve with these people.

“We cannot repeat the mistakes of the past. Our country must be protected by ourselves. We will never allow Flüger to continue to trample on our homeland!” Princess Charlotte shouted these words almost in a roar.

"Oh!"

"Down with Flügel!"

"Defend the motherland!"

A wave of cheers erupted from the audience, who were all captivated by Princess Charlotte's speech.

At this moment, Isaac stood in the palace, holding a thick stack of documents in his hand, and looked at the princess on the stage, saying, "How about it? Don't you feel that your daughter is particularly amazing?"

Beside him sat the king, slumped on his throne, clutching his head.

"Lord Isaac, this will lead Rhodesells into an unknown future, and they may very well perish as a result..."

"Then let him perish. Anyway, you were already sentenced to death when you decided to cede the southern territories to them. Now I'm giving you a glimmer of hope, so don't push your luck." Isaac's ruthless words crushed the king's last hope.

He can now only place his hopes on the princess who is giving a speech in the square.

Chapter 76: The Ignited Fury

Let's go back to the day before.

On the very night that the ten-year-old princess announced her seizure of power.

“Your Highness, this is the speech I prepared. You can just use this as your speech tomorrow.” Isaac handed several sheets of paper to Princess Charlotte.

"Are you sure it's okay?" Charlotte asked hesitantly as she took the speech.

Although she wanted to break free from her original destiny, she had never actually learned how to be a queen.

"Don't worry, there's absolutely no problem. The content of your speech doesn't need to be very logical. The most important thing is to convey your emotions to others and stir up the emotions of all the people. The more emotional your views are, the lower the threshold for thinking will be, and the easier it will be for the people to accept them."

The princess nodded as if she understood, though she didn't quite get it, she seemed to think it was very impressive.

“The people have long harbored resentment because they lost two pieces of land in the last few wars, but it just hasn’t erupted yet, especially the veterans who participated in the wars back then. You have two things to do right now.” Isaac held up two fingers.

The princess looked at Isaac with a puzzled expression.

"First, you must make the people understand that only you, Princess Charlotte, understand their suffering and stand firmly on their side, letting them know that you and they are of one mind."

"Second, create an 'enemy,' that is, portray all those ministers as enemies of the people, exaggerate their actions in allocating land to Fruger, and let the people know who caused their suffering."

At this point, Isaac grinned maliciously, "By linking the people's suffering with a real enemy, the original resentment will turn into the flames of revenge. In this way, the ministers will no longer have any chance of standing in this country, and you, Princess Charlotte..."

Isaac paused here, then slowly said, "Becoming queen will become a matter of course."

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Let's turn back to the present, where there's a bustling crowd.

A large crowd had gathered around the square, watching the petite princess on the stage.

"My people, I understand the pain you have endured, I know the sorrow of losing your homeland. How I long to reclaim what we have lost, what belongs to us," the princess said through tears, moving the crowd below.

Her Highness is grieving for our country, and she understands them!

Of course, Princess Charlotte didn't actually cry; these were eye drops that Isaac had prepared for her beforehand.

“Those despicable ministers sold our land to Fruger, but that’s not enough. Not only do they want to sell off the southern territories, but they also want to… marry me off there!” At this point, Charlotte collapsed onto the stage and broke down in tears.

Although her acting skills were not good, the audience, whose emotions were aroused, could not tell the difference.

"Damn minister!"

"How dare you treat Her Highness the Princess like this?!"

"Traitor!"

The people's anger toward the ministers has been completely ignited.

Meanwhile, the remaining ministers hiding behind the scenes were also thrown into disarray. If the princess continued to cause trouble, they would definitely suffer the consequences.

"Where are the guards?! Where the hell are they? Bring the princess down immediately and disperse the civilians!" the ministers roared.

The servant stood before them trembling and said, “The guards… have all left. They said they refused to serve traitors.”