“Is King August yet to be captured?”

“I’m afraid not yet…”

Siegfried looked discontent at his messenger’s report.

“Bother. Did he catch wind of our plans and go into hiding? Things have become rather bothersome.”

Siegfried’s real objective of this plan was the live capture of King August.

The present head of the Lester Kingdom was in reality Princess Leila, both symbolically and in practicality. However, King August was still the officially recognized representative that reigned over this nation. He was a human trash that feigned illness and neglected state affairs because he did not want to let go of his power, and he was trying to flee to foreign lands when a crisis was befalling his nation…

But regardless, the official sovereign monarch of this country was August von Lester.

If King August was captured and a declaration of surrender was extracted from him, they would hold the higher ground in this war. And if – though Siegfried was convinced there was no possibility, but if – either Princess Leila or Milton Forrest accepted and conformed to the king’s declaration of surrender, this war would be over at that very moment.

But all would still be well if they did not.

In the monarchies, the words of the king were absolute. The moment they received his surrender in writing, Princess Leila’s legitimacy would be greatly shaken. It would be light work for Siegfried to use that window to sow uncertainty amongst the evacuees and nobles.

No matter how strong the adoration...