‘Time flies.’

Actually, when I thought about the things that happened one by one, not a lot of time had passed, but it felt like two years had passed. It was understandable since my surroundings had changed a lot, and I was surely not the only person who felt that way.

‘Charlotte.’

I was sure she felt the same way. If I were asked to pick the most important thing in this task, I would definitely choose speed. Moving discreetly was important, but moving fast was more important. I had to get ready to set everything off before the Republic interfered, before the imperial family could respond to it, and before Charlotte was done with her preparations. I was certain she would agree with my thoughts. Even though we hadn’t said anything to each other for a long time now, we agreed to move according to what the other person wanted. It was a silent alliance. I wouldn’t really say I was sleeping with the enemy, but as she mentioned before, I was currently on her boat.

I rallied the foreigners, the Vatican, and some of the nobles while she rallied the enlightened citizen representatives and the nobles affiliated with her forces. She also started moving the people of the entire continent at the same time. In addition to quickly spreading the ideas written in Sacred Democracy, we...