Talk with Clovis

"Welcome sister, I hope the journey was not a problem," said Clovis as he greeted Cornelia and Leylin who had just landed. "We are holding a banquet in celebration of you coming here, please come."

"Clovis, stop with the honeyed words, I am not here for leisure. I am here to rid Area 11 of its terrorists and I don't want to stay here any longer than necessary."

"Very well, but where is Euphie, I am sure she would love the banquet, plus I have this great garden built in my palace that is just like Aries Villa."

"This Area has the highest number of terrorists by far, there is a terrorist cell in every ghetto and a whole army hiding somewhere in the countryside and you're asking if I brought Euphemia with me. Do you really not understand what situation you are in!!" Cornelia yelled at Clovis ignoring all the people surrounding them.

"Calm princess, we will discuss inside," Leylin said from beside her. Clovis was too shocked to say anything and just followed them inside.

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"So what the hell have you been up to over here? How are there terrorists still there, why haven't they been captured, why aren't you doing anything." Cornelia said as she slammed her hand on the desk that was beside them.

She and Leylin were in Clovis's office having just gotten in, Clovis had recovered but was still unprepared for the triad he faced from Cornelia.

"It's not as bad as you make it sound, sure the terrorists try and make some threats but they almost never succeed, and if they do we just kill them all. They don't have enough men and machinery to overthrow us."

"This is not about them overthrowing us, this is about the losses we suffer due to them. Their presence prevents the Elevens from integrating with Britannia, it also affects the productivity of the region and causes loss in Sakuradite production."

Clovis was silent as he observed Cornelia continue.

"That is not to mention the fact that the elevens are still in charge of mining the Sakuradite. What in the world were you thinking of letting them keep that power."

"Please sister, they only do the manual labor we make sure there is no problem with that."

"I wouldn't be so sure of that. Leylin go ahead…"

"Now princess, are you sure?"

"Yes, might as well get it over with at once, and then we'll start working on it."

"Very well, well prince Clovis, Kyoto who is a shadow organization that is helping the JLF and other terrorist cells around Area 11 is confirmed to have 6 members. Now there were 5 elevens who were in high positions before the war and had a capture order. They were captured shortly after or during the invasion. However, after you came to office, you let them go for diplomatic reasons."

"While that would not be a problem in usual circumstance, you had no power on what they would do after they left. As much as it sounds barbaric, a hostage from their immediate family would have been the best way to control these people. However not only that, you also gave them the power to mine Sakuradite. One of these Taizo Kirihara has control over mining all the Sakuradite on Mt Fuji."

"That has given them immense power and money. The money they use to line the pockets of the people who are in charge of overseeing them. We have confirmed cases of bribery for all 5 of these individuals, the only one who is not involved is the heiress of the Sumiragi Family and she is still a child. Of course, she could also be a part of this but she is not directly related. A lot of effort has been made to keep her clean, probably as a precaution for such an eventuality."

"So what just arrest them and charge them with whatever you have found, why do you have to come for this?" Clovis yelled as he lost his cool.

"Because they are also the member of the Kyoto house as you would have guessed by me mentioning them together. Now with the most prominent Sakuradite miners supporting the terrorists, you do realize why we had to come. If we directly try to arrest them, we would get them and it would weaken the JLF and terrorist cells but I do have a few more ideas on how to deal with them." Leylin finished.

"In any case, we only came here to inform you that we will be investigating them along with the officers here for corruption and other things. As the viceroy, you should know this and hence we are telling you. Now I would suggest you don't tell this to any of your staff as it would make our investigation even more difficult with people actively trying to hide all connections," Cornelia said as she turners around to leave.

"So that's it you think there are a few corrupt officials and so you will come here and supersede my authority as a viceroy. I will have you know I am the highest official over here and you have no control over me. I will make sure the emperor hears of this."

"Go ahead, I will be waiting, in the meanwhile, I would suggest you don't interfere with us brother. While you may control the nobles here, that is only because you help them line their pockets. Once I take away all that money what would they do?"