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If she was able to replace the Cardinal with another person who would obey her, then it would be checkmate.
She didn't need to be majorly exposed to the public, she just wanted to control it from behind at the very least.
This would give her the leisure of commanding and reforming the land while staying behind the scenes. Finishing her goals without much problems.
"Rightful.. superior, hm? I suppose it would be the First Child? He holds authority, but he was recently detained for opposing the Cardinal's orders. Although the order wasn't disclosed, it should be something worrisome. Enough for the First Child to object." Zenith answered.
"First Child? That Ezra Lancaster?" Xu Jiaqi had actually researched about almost everybody in the Holy Land with the System to get data on who she could use. She only asked Zenith for clarification, and to further test him.
The so-called First Child was indeed already in her list of probable allies.