137 Plot

I put down my Quill and stretch my body. It has been a month since I took my family to the other world and explored my pocket dimension. This time I decided to explore further. I fly past the Azkaban clone and arrive on a small island.

The island is filled with monsters and wild animals. Not only monsters and wild animals, but I also can find a few valuable herbs that can be used as ingredients for potions.

Other than that? There is nothing else.

We spend our time in pocket dimension training, eating, and generally have a pleasant time: Eli and Ginerva training with their rune and their close combat fight.

And I proudly say that both of them are growing at tremendous speed. They now can fight with both Lucina and me to a standstill for a few minutes.

I shake my head and sit down once again. The north is still growing and prospering. The population has increased, and because of this, the army is also growing. The north has always been the less populous region of the Vulux Kingdom.

The north is about the size of Germany, maybe a little bit bigger, but the population was around seven hundred thousand people when I first reincarnated into this world. However, right now, the population has grown to more than 1.6 million souls. It was more than half the original number.

With the population boom, we now can increase our standing army. Now the north has around fifty thousand troops ready to be deployed and another thirty thousand currently in the army camp being trained.

I can also call the levy, but I rather not use them. I only call the levies when there is an emergency.

The only problem we currently have is the pirates. The pirates get bolder and bolder. Our navy already destroyed many of the pirates, but they keep coming as if they were hydra. Cut one head the other will appear.

We already lost five ships to those pirates. I already ordered another dozen or so ships being built, but I don't think the pirate will be stopped any time soon. I already ordered Richard to search the pirate headquarters, and when he gets the location, I will destroy it myself.

"My lord"

I snap from my thoughts when I hear Richard calling me. I look up and see Richard standing in front of me before saying.

"What is it, Richard?"

"It is time for lunch, my lord."

I nod my head and get away from my desk before following Richard to the dining room.

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|Phineas Frederick POV|

"Are you sure about this, Lord Phineas?"

"Of course, your majesty."

I look at the young king in front of me with a serious expression. I need to persuade him to join my plan. My plan was to conquer the north and take all their riches. My agent already created false evidence that the north is rebelling against the crown.

After my plan of robbing the north failed, I needed to use another way to get all the riches the north had, and that way is through war. However, I know that I cannot beat the Lionheart family alone. That is why I need the royalty to get involved in this matter.

Suppose the royal family declares the Lionheart Family as a traitor, all of the nobles need to gather their banner and attack the north. However, I still have one obstacle: Duke Lampert Gideon von Vesper.

"No. That is the most foolish thing I ever heard. The north is rebelling? Don't make me laugh. From the first time the Vulux kingdom was founded, the north is the only one never to rebel against the north, and you want to tell me they want to rebel now? No. They will never do that."

"Then why are they increasing the food price five times the original?!?"

"So what? That price is still lower than what the other merchants sell. Don't tell me you forget about what you did to the northern noble not too long ago? You sell them your food twenty times the market price. Don't be a hypocrite."

I grit my teeth and look at the young king before saying.

"Your highness, please think about it. You get control over the most fertile land in the Vulux kingdom. Think about the profit you can get from selling all those grains and other food to other countries. Think about it."

"Oh! That is why you decide to declare the north as a traitor, huh? To take their land for yourself?"

I ignore the old bastard and continue to look at the young king.

"Think about it. The glory, the riches, and the honor you will get from attacking the north. Even your father did not trust the north, and my agent said that the northern agent poisons your father."

Wrong. It was my agent who poisoned the king so I could get a grip on the young king. With my daughter as his fiancee and soon to be Queen, I will get myself a throne I always dream of.

"Think of this war as a righteous vengeance for your father's death. Your name will be immortalized through history, and the Vulux kingdom will prosper once again, and this time it is under your rule."

I ignore the old Marshall expression that looks at me as if I'm an idiot and continue to look at the king right in the eyes. I hold my victorious smirk when I see the king nodded his head and say.

"Very well. Lionheart Duchy is a traitor to the crown. They need to answer their crime. Deliver this news to all lords and tell them to raise their banner. Grand Marshall, I declare a royal decree that the North is a traitor, and I need you to mobilize all your army in your possession."

The old marshall looked at the king with a cold fury. I know he did not want to send his army, but I know his sense of duty did not let him disobey the direct order from the king. I cannot contain my smile when I see him nodding his head.

The old marshall got up from his chair and walked toward me before saying.

"I hope you know what you get ourselves into. You did not kick a sleeping lion and expecting no get eaten by the lion."

I ignore him as I know that the north cannot fight against the full power of the Vulux Kingdom. The north will fall, and I will get what is supposed to be mine. Let the Frederick Family be immortalized in the history book as the Conqueror of the Lion. Let the eagle eat the lion.