Chapter 26: How did this happen?

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If the marriage with Sufia had gone ahead and the Kvist family got destroyed, the Modell family would take over all of the Kvist family’s remains using the information Sufia provides.

Furthermore, the new ducal order, which would have become three, would be dominated by the Modell family, which could have gained influence by absorbing the authority of the Kvist family.

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Not only that, but since the Modell family has probably already seized control of the imperial army, they will use their overwhelming power and military might to overthrow the imperial family and steal the country.

That is what the Modell family had in mind for the near future.

I not only postponed the Modell family’s scheme for over a decade, which they had been building up over the years with my ‘breaking off the engagement’ move, and which was finally within reach, but I also took action in anticipation of them coming to kill Sufia to silence me in order to erase the evidence.
And by ‘saving Sufia,’ I suddenly have my sword on the Modell family’s neck, putting them in a state where they cannot move.

Not only that, but by keeping this matter out of the open, the power balance between the four dukes remains intact.

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So says Bridgette in front of me, with sparkling eyes, looking like a big dog that has found its master.

I can feel the image I have of her crumbling noisily.

“That’s not all! Kaisar-sama told me that no one would believe me if I were to tell people the truth.
But I think you have enough evidence to overturn even that, and that is why you’re not only aware of the family’s vicious ambitions, but also of Sufia’s assassination, forcing the Modell family to be unable to move.
It is a flawless strategy, the beauty of which is that it takes only a flick of your finger to put an end to it.
And the determination to play the fool and be scorned by others for its sake.
I’m so moved that I can feel my heart tightening in my chest!”

I feel sorry for Bridgette, who said that tearfully, but I must say that her speculations are wrong in every possible way.

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There is no doubt that I have been garbage up until now, and the only reason I saved Sufia was simply that I was about to be crushed by guilt.

However, human beings are creatures who examine their own ideas not to see their truth but to prove that they are correct.

Her current attitude suggests that she has only gathered evidence to make her answer seem correct, and then she constructed a plausible story along with it.

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“Uh, Bridgette, your thoughts are all wrong.”

“Oh, the modesty of it all! I feel an endless outpouring of desire to serve you, Kaisar-sama, even more strongly until my own death!”

Just as it’s difficult to disprove a fervent believer’s false doctrines, it is hard to tell her that she was completely wrong.

“How did she come to this?” I asked while looking at Bridgette in front of me.

All this makes me want to bury my head in the sand.

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