Chapter 24: My Future Husband

AN: Hello, your dear Kaiser-Author here, I just came to bring you some news before you go to the normal reading.

With an overwhelming vote, Teutonia was chosen as the name of Joseph's Nation, with the Disney Problems that he will have being supported by everyone (so far), so both destinies are sealed in stone now, with the voting finally over.

Now with that out of the way I come to propose a challenge to you, dear readers, I will give a little context about the situation, I have been walking through the YT channels, finding several channels that unfortunately are small and irrelevant, even with the content creators working hard, they simply cannot get more than 200 views or less, not to mention the Likes, with the YT Algorithm not helping these small content creators.

That's why I came to bring a challenge, also serving as a social experiment, I will put in the next chapter the names of some YouTubers and Vtubers (yeah, I like them) from smaller channels, help these people, watch their videos, like, comment and subscribe to the channels, if you help these people, I will try to give more than 4 chapters for the next week, I don't care about Powerstones, since they have no relevance in real life, but helping others is good, both for the person being helped and for the soul of the one who is helping.

Anyway, let's go read!

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Joseph Pov

I was in my office signing some papers involving the Military administration of the Army in the occupied territories, after 4 weeks we managed to take over the entire South of both Duchies for ourselves, with the Hunter and Scout troops, especially Henry's troops, advancing like crazy through the territories of the Nobles of the Central regions of the Duchies, with some Barons surprisingly surrendering to us.

However, in the South things are not so calm, as there have been certain uprisings of some Knights and Peasants loyal to their Feudal Lords, with the Police and the Occupation Troops serving under the Military Governors brutally repressing the rebels to be used as an example.

I was assigning a Military Governor for one of the Cities by our troops when Oliver entered my office.

Oliver had been in a good mood the last few days, but after all, who wouldn't be if they knew they were going to be promoted to a Noble, even more so to the Rank of Marquis?

3rd POV

"Mi'lord, I have urgent news for you, an envoy from the Principality of Razia has just arrived in Duloc, with him bearing the Royal Seal of Prince Galius" Oliver said as he bowed respectfully to Joseph, who raised an eyebrow.

"Hmmm, did he say why he came?" Joseph asked seriously as he clasped his hands together.

"He said it was diplomatic matters, involving the division of the Duchies' territories when the war is over, with him having the authority to speak on Prince Galius's behalf" Oliver said as he stopped bowing to Joseph, who thought seriously about the matter before nodding, with him signaling for Oliver to bring the envoy.

With Joseph's Personal Guards in the room, an overweight man soon entered, wearing a hat, having a well-groomed mustache, wearing aristocratic clothes with some jewelry, along with a ring on his index finger, as well as a necklace with a jewel, looking more like a Wealthy Foreign Merchant than an actual envoy of a Noble.

"Lord von Farquaad, it is an honor to meet you, I am Marius Aquila, Baron of Agipa and envoy of Prince Galius, the Ruler of the Principality of Razia" Said the man now known as Marius as he bowed respectfully to Joseph, with a professional smile on his face.

"It is an honor to meet you as well, Baron Aquila, I was told that the Principality of Razia would like to talk about the territories that each would take when the War is over, correct? Well then, I am ready to hear from you" Joseph said seriously as a map that was as detailed as possible of the Duchies was placed on the table in front of him.

Marius, while surprised, was also pleased, as he liked it when negotiations were direct and without much exchange of beautiful words, he then looked at the map seriously before pointing out certain parts of the West of the Duchy of Hyarlia.

"The western parts of the Duchy of Hyarlia have abundant resources that would be necessary for the Principality's survival, besides being the only region that borders Razia, we don't want more than that, because we know that Duloc has been quickly taking over the Duchies' territories, while we from Razia, unfortunately, were too weak and could only fight for years for such a piece of land" Said Marius as he pointed to certain parts of the map.

Marius knew that if he wanted more territories he could anger Duloc and make them go to war against the Principality of Razia, this was something that Prince Galius and he did not want, because for a small Lordship to be able to defeat in several battles the combined power of 2 Duchies means that it has a Powerful Army or Magic Users, with the second option being the one they were most inclined to believe and fear.

"Hmmm, I'm surprised, Baron Aquila, that the Principality of Razia only wants these regions of Western Hyarlia... I have no objection to that, however, I would like diplomatic support and recognition from the Principality of Razia for the future actions I will take regarding the Duchies," Joseph said after thinking for a bit and then agreeing, while he would lose certain resources, it wasn't as if they were losing much, the resources of the other regions of the Duchies would still be under his control, having even more valuable resources.

"Ho? And what would that be, Lord von Farquaad?" Marius asked calmly as he looked at Joseph with some curiosity, wanting to know what the little Lord would ask for.

"Once the war is over, the Duchies of Hyarlia and Gisla will cease to exist, with me deciding to take the Duke titles for myself, in addition to merging the Duchies into one, thus creating a Grand Duchy, I would like recognition and diplomatic support from the Principality of Razia" Joseph said as he looked at Marius, who was now surprised at such actions he would take.

Marius thought seriously about the situation. This would clearly anger several Nobles in the region, especially those who had connections with the High-ranking Nobles in the Duchies, whether through marriage or blood connections. However, if it weren't for Duloc, the Principality of Razia would still be at war with the Duchies, which they would clearly lose.

After thinking for a while, Marius sighed before nodding his head, agreeing to Joseph's demand.

"Lord von Farquaad, the Principality of Razia will recognize the new Grand Duchy that will emerge in the region after the end of the War," Marius said as he looked at Joseph seriously, who nodded happily.

"Wonderful, Baron Aquila! Next, I would like to make some trade agreements with the Principality of Razia, which would benefit both Razia and Duloc," Joseph said, which immediately made Marius smile on his face, after all, the more trade agreements there were between Duloc and Razia, the better.

Grimhilde POV

A Grand Duchy... a territory not so worthy of my future husband, but it's a start, with this he could soon become a King by right in the future when he had more territory, power and influence.

Seeing him working hard to manage the territory he was conquering was so incredible, how focused he was on ensuring that everything went well so that Duloc's Campaign would be successful was impressive.

I found myself staring at the image of Joseph-Maximus von Farquaad for hours and hours, already imagining the wedding that would take place and the children we would have, but I was soon taken out of my thoughts about that, for now, I would have to wait.

"When you are strong in your position as a Noble in this region, my dear, we will finally have our wedding~ Hmmm....with that I would be called Grimhilde von Farquaad?" I thought aloud while still looking at the image of my future husband through the Magic Mirror.