Doctor Amnesiac, but not completely amnesiac

"Of course, don't forget your last name, [Cumberland] - that was the last name of one of the eight dukes of Victoria. The other dukes are now bullying their own fiefdoms and trying to split Victoria. As a grand duke, can't you do such a thing?"

The devil's sweet whispers are silently changing a girl's heart.

"Castor dared to use you because Cumberland lost his fiefdom and his army. But if you regain these two things, you will gain power as dazzling as your title. If you can't escape from Londinium, why not make Londinium your territory?"

"Make Londinium...my territory?"

Allarda murmured.

What Grand Duke Kaster wanted was a puppet spokesperson, not an illiterate waste - so even though she was very strict with Aledae, her intellectual education and spiritual training were always cultivated according to the highest standards.

"The Steam Knights are Victoria's most powerful fighting force. A mere squad is enough to destroy a high-speed floating battleship. This is why the nobles are so afraid of them and never dare to act rashly - so they can protect you."

"Then on the other hand, if you can command them to fight for you, it means that all the nobles of Londinium are vulnerable in front of you!"

Qiao Yelan tilted his head, like an intimate older brother chatting with his younger sister - but if anyone else heard what Qiao Yelan really said, they would probably just feel their scalp tingling.

This is Qiao Yelan’s purpose.

Aledae has no concept of being loyal to King Aslan or Victoria, and what Qiao Yelan needs to do is to actively make her tend to be independent, rather than being educated by the twisted Victoria fans in the Steam Knights into a good girl who is loyal to the king and patriotic.

That's why there was such a conversation - he wanted to strengthen Aledae's desire for [freedom].

A caged bird that has been bound since childhood, a child who is forced to receive a cold education when he needs care the most, the thing he hates most is being bound.

If Aledea had continued to grow up in that mansion and been firmly controlled by Grand Duke Kaster, then perhaps she would have been bound forever, until she lost the will to resist this bondage.

But now, Qiao Yelan has let her taste the sweetness of freedom - how could she possibly submit to the constraints of anyone else again?

As for Qiao Yelan, he never lets the chess pieces in his hands feel restrained.

He simply incorporated the "freedom" of those chess pieces into the plan.

"Once upon a time, those knights without territories would use their swords and knives to carve out their own territories in the wilderness. The same is true of Londinium. It just looks huge. Those vulgar and incompetent nobles have no ability or means to control it. Therefore, it is nothing more than a wilderness made of steel."

"Alede, your father relied on the sword in his hand to prove that he was the strongest steam knight. You can do the same - use the sword in your hand to prove yourself."

The girl listened quietly. She looked at Qiao Yelan, and the look in her eyes became more determined.

"When you become the Duke of Cumberland again, no one will dare to use you anymore, and no one or any rules can restrain you from doing anything you want - because you are the rules themselves."

"Then, Mr. Joe, if I become the Duke of Cumberland, I will be free to do anything and fight for everything I want with the sword in my hand?"

The corners of Qiao Yelan's mouth curled up in a satisfied arc.

"of course can."

Very good, everything is going as planned.

The caged bird that has been released has begun to actively pursue greater freedom.

Cumberland House - Headquarters of the Order of the Steam Knights - Londinium.

Every time Aledae escapes from a cage, she will find a new cage to bind herself, so she will tirelessly try to break through each cage -

Only when she steps onto Qiao Yelan's chessboard will she find true freedom.

"Mr. Qiao, no, I want to call you more intimately..."

The girl held Qiao Yelan's hand tightly with both of her hands.

She actually wanted to call Qiao Yelan father, but her final reserve stopped her.

"In Dayan, people are used to calling their teachers sir. If you want, you can also call me teacher. I like people calling me teacher very much."

Qiao Yelan smiled and let Aledae hold his hand.

"is teacher!"

She smiled brightly, a smile she hadn't had since six years ago.

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"Mr. Oren, I'm sorry, I think I have to go first. His Majesty the Great Yan Emperor has sent an urgent secret letter to summon me back to Beijing. Besides, I have completed all my work in Victoria, so I don't have time to stay any longer. So you can only stay here and wait for the result."

Qiao Yelan said apologetically.

"Why apologize? You still have the responsibilities of your official position. I am not like me. I abandoned my official position and left the Lateran. I just hope that His Holiness the Pope will scold me less. And I also know how difficult it is to hope that Victoria will accept the proposal of the Messenger of Nations."

Oren shook his head. He knew very well that Lateran was not a powerful country like Dayan with its majesty and pressure, and the demands it put forward were not mutually beneficial policies like Dayan. Therefore, it was inevitable that it would be discussed repeatedly by the parliament.

Of course, it is hard to say whether there is a woman with only one horn on her head venting her personal anger here.

After all, Qiao Yelan has already said that he will agree to it, but if it is not approved now...

The man spread his hands in his heart, indicating that he could do nothing to help.

"How did you feel during your stay in Londinium?"

“I have many feelings, but the biggest one is that we in Sakota are so happy.”

Oren smiled bitterly.

"I'm not some hothouse flower that only lives in the Holy City of Lateran, but many things cannot be seen clearly at a glance during a mission - even though I have tried my best to lower the image of the Terra world and elevate the image of Lateran, only after the real experience can I know that I still underestimated the gap."

"I...I can't imagine that in the capital of a powerful country, in what is probably the most prosperous mobile city in this country, there are so many people who are worse than pigs and dogs, so many people who are like pigs and dogs, and so many pigs and dogs who are like humans."

"Sin is something so far away from Sakota..."

The man uttered a groan.

The empathetic Sakota are both lucky and unfortunate. This makes them united and invincible, but it also keeps them away from the real Terra and makes them ignorant of the sufferings of the world.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone in Sakota, young and old, was a qualified gunner, truly making everyone a soldier, it would be hard to imagine that Lateran could still exist above Terra.

"What do you want to do?"

"I want to find some sakta that have not survived in the Holy City."

Oren told her his plan.

"When I was still the cardinal of the Seventh Chamber, I once did some statistics in private. I found that the Sakotas who grew up in Lateran could live freely in Lateran or other cities, but the Sakotas who grew up outside Lateran could not live in Lateran for a long time."

The man tells of this investigation report that almost no one knows about.

"I have also asked these people. Although their answers to me vary, the logic is almost the same - compared to the fairy-tale city of Rutland, they would rather return to the place where they grew up and live with those poor neighbors and friends."

"why?"

Qiao Yelan listened very carefully.

"Because Lateran does not allow any race other than the Sakota to migrate to Lateran—even the Liberians."

Oren's words were helpless.

"Most of the Sakotas who returned to Lateran from the outside world came with a desire to seek help, either because they had made a lot of money here, or because they hoped that Lateran would help their hometown for the sake of their compatriots."

"But these ideas are impossible to achieve - there are no opportunities to make big money in the Holy City, and Lateran never provides any help to any outside town. So they will eventually leave Lateran and never come back."

Qiao Yelan nodded. These practices were understandable. However, Sakta's empathy and happy and satisfying life could not retain these Saktas. This really aroused some interest in him.

Oren finally expressed his opinion.

"The Sakotas need to truly [open their eyes to the world]. They must know what the outside world is like, instead of living their lives behind closed doors. I think more Sakotas who grew up in the outside world need to return to Lateran City and expose their sorrow and sins to my compatriots."

in other words--

Oren hopes to make his compatriots feel the real pain.

Chapter 126: Blossom - Fruition

"Got to go?"

Clovisia didn't look surprised.

"Yes, I have done what I should do. I have been waiting for half a month since I integrated Cumberland and Steam Knight. Since Gawain still refuses to come to see me, it probably means that I won't be able to see him for the time being - there is no point in waiting any longer."

Qiao Yelan was also very indifferent.

If he can’t find it, then he can’t find it. Anyway, the princess is not a chess piece that he must use.

If the princess has no ambitions in the future and only wants to live her life under Gawain's protection, it means that Qiao Yelan doesn't need to care about her at all - but if she wants to intervene in Victoria's situation again, she will never be able to leave any traces.

There is no such thing as a pure mastermind in this world. Even someone as strong as Qiao Yelan sometimes has to bring the Tower of Babel to the table.

This is also the reason why Qiao Yelan likes to be at the forefront of trouble - because you never know what kind of people are going to execute your orders.

Only by personally taking care of things at key points can you have the best grasp of the plan.

"Victoria, do you need my help with anything else?"

"No need. To help you relieve your boredom, I started a fight between the Steam Knights and the nobles before the big show between Tara and Victoria. I hope it will make you happy."

The woman smiled slightly.

"Thank you - I love all your plays."

She stood up, walked behind Qiao Yelan, pushed his wheelchair, and walked out of the mansion.

"When will you come back?"

"I don't know. Plans in many places are always buried and will not explode until many years later. However, they will always explode."

"I am looking forward."

The woman stopped and handed the man to Outcast.

"Goodbye, my favorite muse."

"Goodbye, my most loyal audience lady."

Watching the other person leave, Clovisia sighed a little lonely.

How can seeing a play you wrote be compared to seeing you?

But she had promised Qiao Yelan that she would not leave until the dust settled in Victoria - she would stay here for Qiao Yelan to prevent something that had been abolished from being activated again.

She glanced at the unfinished building in the distance. It was still standing there and there was no difference at all.

But Unicorn knew that it was once a creation of the same level as Steam Knight.

Although it is unknown why its construction was later terminated and Qiao Yelan sealed all the information, he ultimately did not carry out any demolition, and it remained just one step away from completion.

She once asked Qiao Yelan what that was.

Qiao Yelan's answer was both relaxed and cruel, gentle and cold.

"That's the bow I use to play Terra's instrument."

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On the border between Leithania and Victoria, two of the world's most elite armies were facing off, but both sides were clearly restraining each other.

"Thank you for the escort from Grand Duke Wellington. We are now in the territory of Leitania. I will say goodbye to His Excellency Wellington."

"You're welcome. I just heard that Leitania has a new emperor, so I was excited to see Leitania's current appearance."

The old man said coldly.

Anyway, it was Qiao Yelan who proposed the request, and Babel Tower paid for the departure and marching expenses. He was happy to report a black account and extort more money from Qiao Yelan.

"That's because Grand Duke Wellington has the time - but don't worry, I, Shi Tongling, will not slack off. If you have any extra ideas, you can try them."

Elector Werner von Hochberg said coldly.

The Hochberg kid... is as tough as ever.

Wellington was not angry. Hochberg was his old rival and comrade-in-arms. The performance of Hochberg's private army led by Shi Tong in the Battle of the Four Emperors was enough to make any army take notice.

He just waved his hand, looked meaningfully at the Golden Law Guards mixed in the opposing team, and led the team back to his own principality.

Only then did Walter breathe a sigh of relief, walked up to Qiao Yelan and greeted him.

"Welcome to Leitania, Your Excellency the Great Flame Envoy."

"Thank you, Your Excellency Elector Woerner. I'm sorry, but when I borrowed it from the Duchy of Wellington, Your Excellency the Grand Duke suddenly had the idea to personally lead a team to see me off."

Qiao Yelan said apologetically.

"Please believe that Da Yan has no intention of provoking border relations between the two countries."

"I believe in Dayan, and I believe in you. Grand Duke Wellington is a lion whose face will only age. He just wants to take this opportunity to see if there is any chance for him to continue fighting on the battlefield."

Woerner shook his head.

No one could command Wellington. The other party just wanted to find a legitimate opportunity to test the situation of the army led by Shi Tong.