After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King-Chapter 289 - 33: The Handover of the Governor

"Ah, Shara, it’s been so long."

A woman with a lollipop in her mouth greeted Shara Elkaras, who was resting with his eyes closed. She looked at the troops outside who were temporarily in a truce and said, "The last time we met was on the battlefield of the monsters... aren’t you going home?"

Here, the home this woman referred to was naturally not the unimplicated Elkaras Mansion but a far more distant place—the Elkaras Governorship.

It was a place larger than the Duke’s Domain.

It was the birthplace of Yila Elkaras... of course, before Yila accomplished anything, it was merely the Baron Territory. Yila’s grandfather was a Baron, and his father didn’t even have the qualification to inherit the title.

"I returned home on the very day it happened... Aunt, aren’t you the one who rarely goes home?"

Shara spoke, under Heidlin’s keen gaze, looking at the young woman he called Aunt and then at the slightly younger woman next to her. He nodded in greeting, "But Second Aunt has come back before... Hello, Second Aunt. It’s been a long time."

Shara said this, pointing at the two women and explaining to Heidlin, "You should know them. The Sixth Seat and the Seventh Seat, they are my First Aunt and Second Aunt."

Heidlin did a quick calculation upon Shara’s introduction, then realized that the two women in front of her were the sisters of her mentor (Yila). She nodded and extended her hand, saying, "I am Heidlin Miriam Wals. I’ve seen you on the battlefield. You are very impressive."

With Heidlin’s request for a handshake, the slightly more mature woman nodded, extended her hand, and shook Heidlin’s hand, saying, "Thank you for the compliment. I am Rebela Elkaras."

*She seemed very friendly...*

"..."

However, Rebela’s sister didn’t seem as friendly. She scrutinized Heidlin and spoke with a voice full of aggression, "Remeila Elkaras... I will find a chance to kill you, Tenth Seat."

At Remeila’s words, Heidlin, as the Tenth Seat, immediately frowned... Even though they, who held the Seats, were Governors, they didn’t usually have much of a colleague relationship, so they didn’t interact much.

At least, as someone not from the Elkaras family, she didn’t have much contact with the other Governors.

So, Heidlin couldn’t possibly think she had offended Remeila... freeωebnovēl.c૦m

But Shara and Rebela seemed to know a thing or two. The former sighed helplessly, while the latter sternly stopped her sister, "Remeila!"

"..."

Remeila fell silent and then turned her head, looking at the tense situation outside. She pretended not to care, but her voice carried a hint of resentment as she spoke, "Sister, and Tenth Seat, and everyone else... you are all traitors."

"..."

"..."

*If Heidlin still didn’t understand at this point, she would indeed be a fool...* She opened her mouth but didn’t say anything, not knowing what to say.

However, Shara still helped her out. Leaning against the wall, he comforted his Second Aunt, saying, "Second Aunt, as I said before, Uncle Yila’s departure wasn’t due to their betrayal... Uncle Yila just didn’t want to stay in the Empire anymore."

Indeed, the accumulation of resentment wasn’t a matter of a day or two. What decided that Yila was destined to escape wasn’t a single act of betrayal but prolonged, pent-up frustration.

The system was such that it couldn’t be easily changed... But there was no doubt that Heidlin had indeed become the most critical catalyst in it. When other Governors had already deliberately slowed down their steps, she still tried to catch up and persuade Yila to return.

*Her political instincts were still too poor...*

The betrayal of Yila wasn’t due to any specific person or event, but the Empire itself... Even when Yose was alive, the moment he was born in the Empire, the end of betrayal was already determined.

"Well, she won’t listen to reason, although I do have some... Anyway, we are here to take over. Your ’wings’ must be nearly spent, right? After the handover is complete, head back to the Imperial City and rest. You’ve earned it."

Rebela said this, patting her sister Remeila on the head. She looked seriously at Shara and Heidlin, saying, "As planned, you go trigger the Death Trigger... Is the battle still in a deadlock?"

"..."

Remeila looked up in confusion, glancing at the nodding, ready-to-move Shara. Although still unhappy, she had to ask, "What do you mean? What has Isabella said again? What is this Death Trigger?"

*Such disrespect to Her Majesty...*

Heidlin frowned, glancing at Shara discreetly. She realized how the choices and combinations of the handover personnel were arranged... Just like her and Shara, the next group of Seat Governors must also be arranged similarly.

A pure Yila Faction member and a neutral one... This should be good.

It seemed that Princess Isabella had indeed grown, which was truly a relief.

As Heidlin thought this, Shara kindly explained the situation to his confused Second Aunt, saying, "During the handover, let us who are being replaced initiate a large-scale massacre with the Death Trigger... to advance the troops."

At Shara’s words, both Rebela and Heidlin averted their gaze and nodded... Meanwhile, Remeila visibly grew angrier, almost roaring, "How dare she?!!!"

Here, ’she’ was undoubtedly Isabella.

"Didn’t my brother say so?! The Death Trigger of a Governor is an absolute safeguard that Governors won’t sacrifice. It must never be actively triggered, nor easily used, as a final means of protection!"

Remeila said this, looking truly enraged, gritting her teeth and clenching her fists tightly. She said, "I absolutely! Absolutely! Absolutely won’t obey this order!!!"

*Yes, precisely because of this...*

"Well, Her Majesty said this wasn’t an order... If unwilling, you can proceed with the normal handover and protection, without actively triggering the switch. I guess you and many others would feel the same way."

Heidlin spoke.

Remeila: "..."

"..."

If that was the case, Remeila indeed had nothing to say. The anger in her eyes vanished instantly. She could only take a deep breath and complain with some resentment, "Huh, conspiracies, intrigue, political tricks... I really don’t know who taught you."

Heidlin: *Wasn’t it your brother?*

Shara: *It was definitely Uncle Yila who taught this...*

...

"It must be that mage full of sinister tricks!"

Remeila said angrily.

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