Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End[1-200]

Chapter 188: As Long As It's the Ascarts

Rosa's military was an extremely unusual organization.

Typically speaking, a country's military would adopt policies aligned with the country's foreign policies. Take for example, if the Saint Mesit Theocracy was on bad terms with the Austine Empire, it could be expected that their military would be hostile to one another as well. But here in Rosa, the country's military policy was oddly independent of the country's foreign policies.

Rosa had been founded on commerce, and the Sorofya Merchant Association had expanded all over the Sia Continent. Merchants were all about peace and harmony. In fact, Bruce Sorofya's marriage with Adelicia Milton was a diplomatic measure as well as a business strategy. They wanted to break into Austine's enormous market without having to face the empire's hostility.

Rosa's military, on the other hand, couldn't care a whit about compromise. Merchants had to lower their heads at times in order to maximize their profits, but military men were far more short-tempered. Many of their soldiers and generals remembered the suffering of their people under the tyranny of the Austine Empire and took it deeply to heart. If they had the means to pull it off, they would gladly destroy Austine then and there.

That created a rather interesting phenomenon.

On the diplomatic side, while Rosa wasn't particularly close to Austine, they were still somewhat okay with one another. Tepid, one might call their relationship.

On the military side, however, they were often conducting simulation battles against the Austine Empire for training. From time to time, there would be all sorts of 'commemoration days' to remind the soldiers about the tragedies their ancestors had to go through. They even went to the extent of mass producing target dummies modeled after Austine generals for the soldiers to practice their swordsmanship on, all under the name of 'motivating the soldiers'.

When it came to Charlotte, Ugin, in his role as the Chief of Staff for the Rosaian Military, had spared no effort dragging her name through the mud. Charlotte's misery didn't just come from the scorn of her mother; she was loathed by the elders of the Sorofya House too.

But this was all going to change now.

Charlotte was going to marry the sole successor of the Ascart House, and this wouldn't just be a marriage in-name. Heck, she had even gone to the extent of kidnapping and hauling him all the way back to Rosa! With the Sorofyas' Loyal Origin Attribute, it could be said that there was no turning back for her anymore.

The realization of this changed Ugin's perception of Charlotte in an instant.

The Ascart Fiefdom had long been a stalwart military ally of the Rosa Merchant Confederacy, and the Theocracy behind it was at loggerheads with the Austine Empire too. Charlotte's choice had pretty much severed any future with the Austine Empire.

To summarize everything in ten words: Marriage with Austine—no! Marriage with the Ascarts—hell yeah!

In the meeting room, the white-haired Marshal Ugin patted Charlotte's shoulder as he looked at her with a doting look for the first time. An unprecedented smile actually appeared on his perennially austere face, making everyone doubt whether it was really still the same grumpy old man they had seen moments ago.

The huge contrast had everyone baffled, but it was all within Bruce's expectations. He knew that things would develop in this direction beforehand.

The first thing Charlotte did after bringing Roel back to Rosa was actually to meet her father, Bruce, and seek his support. She needed Bruce, the de facto ruler of Rosa, to be completely on her side in order for her to be able to stand against the insane pressure that would soon be coming from the Theocracy.