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Chapter 530 - 183. Yes! Marshal! _1

Chapter 530: 183. Yes! Marshal! _1

King Louis, to be precise, King Louis IX.

This man, hailed as a prodigy in the outside world, has many nicknames such as the Avenger of West Lan, the Conqueror of Glinny, the Destroyer of Faith, the King of Steel, and so forth. But, out of all his monikers, the most significant must be the "King of the Golden Flower".

At fifty-five years old, this man is at the prime of his life. Considering that a human in this world typically lives to be a hundred and forty years old, his reign over his kingdom that is only three decades old, would surely continue for a long time.

The legendary King Louis is said to be wise, steady, and dignified, embodying all the characteristics of an extraordinary monarch.

Even the sturdiest West Lan conservative aristocrats and the most radical proponents of the Yisha Restoration in the Grand Council would set aside their quarrels to listen to King Louis, the future "Great Emperor".

Most commendable of all is King Louis’ restraint from intervening in the political and military decisions made by the Grand Council, despite his ownership of supreme power. This honored tradition started after he established the Council to resolve contradictions between two major domestic factions.

If the use of power can be considered a talent and a skill, then King Louis is certainly a master in this regard.

While he keeps the ambitions of his subordinates and council members to control state affairs in check, he can also subtly exert his all-pervasive influence anywhere.

Although thirty years of operation have established a standard procedure for the Grand Council to manage the state, even the roadside beggars of the Golden Flower Kingdom know that King Louis could, if he wished, undermine and even abolish the Grand Council overnight.

He is a monarch with real power, but he understands the value of delegation.

Moreover, he has set for his nation a great aspiration aimed at "reform" as a basis for the identity of the new country. Whether it’s the Prime Minister, the Grand Council, or even the preserved conservative aristocrats, they are all tools which he uses to realize this ambition and aspiration, and he manoeuvers them at will while enjoying the machinations behind the scenes.

The Golden Flower Kingdom is currently thriving.

Like a young man, it is positive, combative, and impulsive, exerting enormous pressure on its surroundings while being full of infinite vitality.

King Louis appears to be flawless, but only those familiar with him know that he also has his own shortcomings.

Beneath his steady, solemn, and solemn façade hides a heart that is free-spirited but obliged to fulfil his duty. After all, King Louis’ ambition in his youth was to become the best poet and traveller in West Lan. He was talented and quite the libertine, having over seven lovers at the age of nineteen.

These included an elven sage and a Sanghai priest...

The reason he became king was not because he wished it, but because his father and elder brother, who was the crown prince, were unexpectedly assassinated during their visit to the Yisha Kingdom.

In plain words, Louis IX, who was just a month shy of his 20th birthday, was forced to ascend the throne. The first thing he did in his position, having been thrust onto the throne by the three major aristocrats and power figures within West Lan, was to send the newly reformed nation to war in an effort to annihilate another country.

He won.

And winning wasn’t difficult.

With the help of the Silver Dwarf Earth Priests, this prodigal prince attacked Fog City in less than three months, forcing the last king of the Yisha Kingdom to marry his sixteen-year-old daughter, Princess Elizabeth, to him before his suicide, thus establishing the Golden Flower Kingdom.

At this point, General Loren, arriving from the front lines, met his sovereign in the Golden Flower Palace, also known as Dunwich Palace, under the afternoon sun.

The latter threw a banquet in his favorite garden, feasting his most loyal and trusted general.

Speaking of a banquet, it was actually an exquisite afternoon tea.

The half-dwarf general, seated in a gold-trimmed chair tailored to his height, sipped on his Forest Red Tea from the Antani district while observing the man in front of him engrossed in reading "The Travel Tales of Cape" under the sunlight.

That was his king.

The same king he has been guarding since he enlisted in the army.

However, even to this day, General Loren could not forget the unrest in that autumn thirty years ago.

When the news of the simultaneous assassination of the old king and the crown prince reached the West Lan, a group of young guards, led by him, frenziedly searched all over Bourbon city for the prodigal prince. In the end, they found him drunk in a studio and dragged him back to the palace.

General Loren even vividly remembers!

He remembers pulling the naked young prince from the midst of three naked beautiful ladies.

Most outrageous of all was that the women were a mother and her two daughters...

Well, this was definitely one of the most embarrassing incidents in the libertine past of His Majesty King Louis. It remains his very private secret that must be guarded as a king, and it is also one of the things that General Loren keeps deep in his heart.

Thirty years of time have transformed a libertine into a venerable king whose slightest cough can shake the continent. After the Golden Flower Kingdom has fully annexed the Posya Confederation, the next step for the nation is likely to elevate King Louis to the throne of the emperor.

Given the territorial size and strength of the Golden Flower Kingdom today, it certainly has the qualifications to be promoted to an empire.