Western Fantasy: The Princess Wants to Save the World

Chapter 73 System

The knight that Cecilia had been waiting for for nearly two days finally appeared in the inn. His appearance gave Cecilia a definite answer about Freya's destruction of the city.

"Yes, that's right. According to the undercover investigation in the city lord's mansion, it was the Duke of Bulwell who personally issued a secret order, requiring the city lord to destroy the city."

Cecilia expressed doubts about the authenticity of the secret order. According to Elar's current behavior, he could easily forge a secret order and then use some means to disguise it as being issued by the Duke of Bulville.

Even if we take a step back and say that it was really Duke Bulwell who issued the order personally, Duke Bulwell cannot be convicted of the crime without solid evidence.

Be sure to leave the other party room to retreat. Even a rabbit will bite if it is cornered, let alone a duke.

"Joyce, please get me some paper and pen."

Cecilia chose a roundabout way this time. She wrote the letter and found Finnian, hoping that Finnian could use his identity as the son of a church bishop to deliver the letter to the church in Igesoping where the Duke of Bulwell was.

Finnian took the letter and asked Cecilia if he could read it.

The answer to this question was a bit hesitant for Cecilia, as she still couldn't be sure whether Finnian was in the same camp as Freya.

Even though she had seen the conversation between the two with her own eyes this afternoon.

Facing an unfamiliar middle-aged woman, both Freya and Finnian still have a chance to perform.

Cecilia was slow to answer, but Finnian did not push her or refuse.

Finnian knows magic, and he could use perception magic to sense the contents of the letter, but he didn't.

Finnian placed the letter on the bar almost as soon as he took it.

Of course, Finnian could have opened the letter privately after she left.

But Finnian didn't do any of these. He was confirming it with himself.

Cecilia didn't spend much time with Finnian. Compared to the description of him being just mentioned in the original book, she was more willing to trust her own judgment. "Of course, this is a letter to confirm whether the Duke of Bulwell has caused damage to the people and interests of the kingdom."

According to the knowledge system that Cecilia learned in modern times, the Kingdom of Anatolia is strictly speaking a country where feudal system and constitutional monarchy coexist.

To put it simply, or to make an inappropriate analogy, during the British bourgeois revolution, Parliament not only did not weaken the royal power, but also disappeared from the kingdom's institutional system. Instead, the king strengthened centralization through legislation.

The king here is more like Hitler during the Nazi Germany period. He does not need the consent of any organization and has the highest legislative power.

The laws of the kingdom safeguard the interests, safety, personality, basic life and many other aspects of the vast majority of the people in the kingdom, and also ensure the integrity and indivisibility of the country's land.

That is why, although Anatolia is divided among many dukes who manage their respective territories, the king has not lost his supreme ruling power and can still rule the entire country.

After all, the first article written in the laws of the Kingdom of Anatolia is that the land of the Kingdom of Anatolia is indivisible and inviolable.

Although the Duke had greater autonomy in his own territory, he did not have the right to own the army, only the right to command it.

Except for special circumstances, this command authority can only be enjoyed with the king's authorization.

This is also one of the reasons why Valken would rather return to Petra. The Duke of Senna in the neighboring territory could simply pretend that the lords did not invade each other and that this was not a special case and therefore refused to send troops to help.

After all, in the country's legal system, neither the princess nor the prince has the power to deploy the army.

And if Duke Bulwell was determined to destroy the city, it would obviously violate the kingdom's regulations on protecting the personal safety of citizens.

He had every reason to rebel.

This was the situation Cecilia least wanted to see.

The entire Wakadi Mountains are within the territory of Duke Bulwell, and the Wakadi Mountains are a natural barrier that directly resists the demons from the south. If the Kingdom of Anatolia loses the Wakadi Mountains, it will no longer have such a huge barrier to protect it when facing the demons heading north.

It is very likely that they will continue north from here and head straight for Petra.

When Cecilia thought of this, she seemed to understand why Ellard chose to take action here.

The city of Aslade is neither too big nor too small, and its location is just right. The altitude of Mount Kabika next to it is not completely insurmountable.

Finnian picked up the letter again and looked at Cecilia. "I trust your judgment. If possible, can you allow me to attach another letter to explain the situation? You know, communication between the church must be done through our own methods."

Although Cecilia understood the specific system of the church, the church of the Kingdom of Anatolia obviously did not have the power of the papacy in the history of her world.

Cecilia had seen the church's internal communication method in the system. It was obvious that the church had always been perfunctory and evasive about external communication as long as it was not illegal, and only people within the church could give orders.

Cecilia originally thought that Finnian didn't know all this. These days, he acted in front of her like a harmless person who believed in the sun goddess and didn't care about anything else.

In any case, as long as Finnian is not someone close to Freya.

Finnian quickly wrote another letter, instructing the other party in detail to complete all the requirements in the other letter and to implement them as secretly as possible.

After Finnian finished writing it, he showed it to Cecilia.

Cecilia couldn't do what Finnian did. She not only read the letter, but also used magic to check whether Finnian had tampered with the letter.

In the end, it was confirmed that she was judging others by her own mean standards.

Finnian noticed Cecilia's actions, but he just smiled, and his smile was still so innocent.

Tsk.

What a deceptive face.

Finnian doesn't even need the help of black magic to make people stunned.

Finally, Finnian's carrier pigeon delivered the two letters together.

For a moment Cecilia really missed modern methods of communication.

Maybe she could set up an inn when she has time?

Now is obviously not the time to think about these things. I just hope that there won’t be any trouble in Yigesuping City.

Before the dust settled, Cecilia left a way out for Duke Bulwell. Even if the secret order was issued by him personally, as long as there was no evidence, the other party could push the blame onto the city lord or even Freya.

No matter what, Anatolia could not allow this man to surrender to the enemy with the entire Kavadi Mountains.