I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

"Tazmi!!!"

"Tatsumi!!! You bastard!!! How dare you hurt Lady Esdeath!!!"

Looking at their hurried figures rushing over, Esdeath waved to them, indicating that she was fine.

"What a comforting subordinate." Esdeath sat next to Tatsumi and said lightly as she looked at the three people from the night raid who were frozen in ice again.

"You really are a member of the rebel army, Tatsumi."

"You... have known this all along..."

Tatsumi's body trembled, and countless waves suddenly rose in his mind.

“I didn’t know before I left the imperial capital.

But, after fighting the rebels..."

Esdeath used her height advantage to gently ruffle Tatsumi's hair and said with a smile, "Your performance is too obvious, Tatsumi."

"If that's the case, then why are you still..." Tatsumi raised his head and said excitedly.

But when he raised his head, he couldn't continue.

Because the look in Esdeath's eyes when she looked at him was still the same as usual, without the slightest hatred or pain.

It was as if he had never hurt her.

This made Tatsumi feel even more guilty. He clenched his fists and looked at his companions who were frozen in ice, feeling more and more tormented in his heart.

Looking at Tatsumi's extremely tangled expression, Esdeath smiled gently, "Who knows~"

"Tazmi!"

Suddenly, Esdeath called out to Tatsumi in a rather serious tone.

"Eh? Here!"

Tatsumi was stunned at first, then responded loudly subconsciously.

Esdeath smiled with satisfaction. "If I say that none of your companions died..." She organized her words and continued, "Will you still stop me?"

"Are they really not dead?!"

Tatsumi was startled and asked quickly while looking at his companions outside.

"How is that possible? No matter how crazy I am, I can't kill all those rebels."

Esdeath shook her head.

Although she really wanted to freeze all these rebels to death once and for all, but now...

Forget it. If I really kill them, Tatsumi will probably never forgive me.

and……

Esdeath narrowed her eyes slightly, and the image of a hateful woman emerged in her mind.

"Their lives, that Masked guy has already reserved them from me."

"That masked general?"

"What's going on?"

"That guy will soon become the new master of this empire. If I kill all these rebels here, I don't know how long it will take for her to recover the lost population."

"Instead of spending more than a decade to let the population recover naturally, it would be better to disperse them and brainwash them, turning them into citizens of the new empire."

Esdeath's tone was full of disdain for Asuna.

However, although she promised Asuna that she would show mercy, it was none of her business how many people could survive the freezing in the end.

After all, with her strength, no matter how merciful she is, the intensity of her ice is not something the weak can resist.

In the end, it was already very good if tens of thousands of the rebels out of the millions survived.

As for those who use imperial tools, they will only be weak for a short while at most.

In her opinion, the only things Asuna really wanted were the users of imperial tools.

After all, although their strength is not very impressive in Esdeath's eyes, compared to ordinary people, their strength is already very strong.

Its value is naturally not comparable to those of the weak.

Of course Tatsumi didn't know about these things. He thought that all the rebel soldiers who were frozen in ice would survive in the end.

He breathed a sigh of relief, "That's great..."

Esdeath tilted her head and glanced at Tatsumi, then said casually, "But that was my decision before you attacked me."

What you mean is, I was ambushed by you and now I am in a bad mood, and those people must die!

"I...I..." The relief on Tatsumi's face suddenly turned into panic.

He subconsciously glanced at the blood-stained sword that Esdeath had left aside.

Then he turned his head away and stopped looking at it.

A gentle smile appeared on Esdeath's slightly pale face. Then, she quietly signed dozens of inhumane post-marital treaties with Tatsumi, and then she let him go with satisfaction.

"These treaties are the price you pay for betraying me." Esdeath stood up, with an extremely aggressive smile on her lips.

"Yes... I understand..." Tatsumi said with a wry smile.

At this moment, he seemed to have seen his miserable future life of marrying and raising children.

122 Mission duration: eleven years.

When Asuna walked out of the empty palace, the heavy leaden clouds in the sky still dissipated.

The snow on the road had been cleared by the servants in the imperial city, but the flowers and trees along the gardens and paths were still covered with white snow.

"call."

Asuna let out a light breath.

"Is it over already?"

Asuna bent down and grabbed a handful of snow from the flower bed nearby. She slowly clenched her palms and compacted the snow.

She looked for her target, then threw the solid block of snow in her hand towards a short tree nearby.

After all, it is inside the imperial city. If too tall trees are planted, some daring assassins might find an opportunity to hide there.

Therefore, although there are some vegetation in the imperial city, they are mainly for viewing and cherishing.

Just like the short tree that Asuna is aiming at now, although it is not very rare, it can still be used to decorate the scenery.

Crash.

With a rustling sound, the branches and leaves of the short trees trembled.

The snow that had been weighing down the branches and leaves of the short trees was loosened by the vibration and fell to the ground, forming a circle of small snow piles.

Asuna clapped her hands and then nodded in satisfaction.

Although there is no shortage of snow in the North, and it even snows all year round, it's like this.

There are too few places where there is no one watching over you and where you have enough space to let yourself go and relieve stress.

His subordinates always seemed to be worried that they would be assassinated, so they kept a close watch on him.

Even when I went to bed at night, there would be a maid in my room who would stay up all night to look after me.

This gave Asuna a headache.

There is obviously nothing wrong with our propaganda and education, so why do those children always behave strangely?

Although I know they care about me, but...

Ahem, although these days in the imperial capital have not been very pleasant, it cannot be denied that it is much more comfortable than in the North!

At least there was no maid appearing in my room in the middle of the night!

The snowstorm has stopped.

Although I don't know the specific situation on Esdeath's side, with her strength, even if she fails, she can drag the rebels down with her.

Although that would result in a large loss of population, there is nothing we can do about it. We will make plans after receiving more specific information.

Ever since Asuna defeated Bud, the Imperial City and the Imperial Capital have completely become Asuna's territory.

Although there are still many resistance forces here, when Asuna's army moved south and stationed outside the imperial capital, they took over control of all the northern cities.

Those rebel forces could no longer make any waves.

These days, Asuna has been asking Kayaba Jingyan to lead the troops outside to take over all the cities that are not under Esdeath's protection.

By now, two-thirds of the imperial forces have completely transformed themselves and become forces under Asuna's command.

The remaining one third is naturally under Esdeath's control.

"It's time to fulfill my promise to her."

After calling her trusted ministers to come and ask them to reform the imperial capital and other cities, Asuna sent for Kayaba Akihiko to come to her side and ordered her to guard the imperial capital to prevent anyone from stealing the house after she left.

By the time Asuna had arranged everything, it was already the next day.

However, before she set out, a piece of news from the south made her give up that plan.

"This is really... unexpected."

Looking at the letter in her hand, Asuna rubbed her brows with a headache.

Kayaba Akihiko standing next to him also had a strange look on his face.

She never thought that Tatsumi could actually convince Esdeath to give up her upcoming battle with Asuna.

Even under his suggestion, Esdeath took those soldiers who were willing to continue following her and went to the territory of the foreign race in the south!

Southern foreigners are in danger!

With Esdeath around, it won't be long before those southern aliens will become "endangered species" or even become extinct from this continent...

However, judging from this news, Esdeath and the others seem to be still recruiting soldiers.

After all, not everyone is willing to leave this land and follow Esdeath to the "new world".

Apart from those soldiers who have become homeless, those who still have families and ties need Asuna and the others to help them settle down.

This message also told Asuna not to look for Esdeath to fulfill the agreement, but to wait for Esdeath's official news in the imperial capital and cooperate with Esdeath to receive the soldiers.

"Gather food and fodder." Asuna threw the paper in her hand away, held her chin with one hand, and said in a muffled voice, "As for those soldiers, after investigating their origins and addresses, let them return to their homes to carry out labor and ideological transformation.

It won’t be long before they become our own people, and we won’t have to treat them too harshly.”

"Yes." Kayaba Jingyan nodded.

“I heard that the living environment of the foreign races in the south is not very good… mobilize some craftsmen and talents in environmental transformation from the empire, let them go south with Esdeath, and let them come back after the transformation of the south is almost complete.

Well, if they don't want to come back, it doesn't matter, Esdeath's territory will be mine sooner or later anyway, ahem."

Kayaba Jingyan: "..."

I knew it would be like this.

Kayaba Akihiko shook his head secretly.

Seeing Asuna, who seemed to have a headache but was actually very happy, he felt relieved.

That’s it, it’s over.

A battle was avoided, and countless troubles were saved. I believe that soon the empire will be back on track.

By then, she will be completely liberated.

Thinking of this, the expression on Kayaba Jingyan's face softened a little.

Afterwards, Asuna added a few more points, basically whatever Esdeath needed, she would give her, hoping that Esdeath could get the south in order as soon as possible, and then she could slowly incorporate that new territory into the empire's territory.

As for the rebels?

Asuna had already made up her mind. After she had trained and educated them to become her own people, she would settle them in Esdeath's new territory in the name of "help" and start assimilating them from the bottom of the population.

By then, although there are two countries, in fact it will be just one country.

Not long after, Esdeath's documents were officially delivered to Asuna.