"Finally, we emphasize once more—price gouging is prohibited during special times!"
"Facing unscrupulous merchants who profit from national disasters, we will prove that Northern Fire is not only skilled at smashing an old world from the hands of the Blood Clan and Holy Court, but even more skilled at establishing a new world atop the shattered new world!"
After Adelin's repeated warnings, the final governance program was announced amid the people's cheers.
After completing her speech, Adelin bowed to the people below and returned to her seat.
She looked at the pocket watch in her arms and said to Ileina:
"About time—calculating the time, the sun should rise in a few more minutes."
"Good..."
Reminded by Elashia and Adelin, Ileina stood up and walked to the front of the platform.
She knew—the epoch-making moment was coming...
"Northern Fire warriors, citizens we've sworn to protect!"
"At this moment, the sun that disappeared under Blood Clan invasion ten years ago is about to reappear in the Holy Kingdom's sky!"
"At this important moment marking our tremendous progress, I invite all Holy Kingdom people here to watch this magnificent sunrise with me! Witness the Holy Kingdom's rebirth!"
With the girl's final words, the passionate cheers of soldiers and citizens below once again echoed across the altar!
"The sun! The sun!"
"The Holy Kingdom will be completely reborn today!"
"Long live!"
"Drive away the vampires and their lackeys!"
"..."
Watching this crowd of citizens and soldiers who became excited and passionate after just a few words from Ileina, Elashia nodded approvingly.
Good... this was Holy Princess Ileina.
This was a natural-born leader...
Elashia was very clear—the inflammatory power of words didn't depend solely on what the speaker's verbal content actually was.
The art of speech was very complex—what tone to use for each sentence, how to break sentences, how to cater to the people's emotions...
These weren't things she, a slacking empress who relied entirely on system skills, could understand...
"Eh!"
However... just as Elashia was calmly marveling at Ileina's admirable verbal inflammatory power, Ileina's next words suddenly made her tense up!
"Northern Fire's victory today certainly comes from our organization members' fearless fighting, and even more from the Holy Kingdom people's support!"
"Beyond our Holy Kingdom people's efforts, international assistance is equally important!"
"Our victory is not only Northern Fire's victory, but also the Holy Kingdom people's victory, and even more humanity's victory!"
?
Why suddenly mention us?
Elashia had an ominous premonition...
"Next, please welcome Empress Elashia, who has come from distant Elasia, to say a few words to us!"
Ah?!
Elashia felt her heart instantly grabbed by a large hand!
Why suddenly mention me?
What... what can I say!
While Elashia was nervous, the people below also erupted in commotion.
"Elasia? Elasians came to help us?"
"This... I finally understand where our explosive crossbows came from!"
"Wait? What did I hear? Elasia's Empress personally came to the Holy Kingdom?"
"..."
Seeing the commotion below, Ileina standing on the platform couldn't help but smile.
This was exactly the effect she wanted.
As long as the Holy Kingdom people knew that Northern Fire had the backing of other human nations, their confidence in Northern Fire would become even more steadfast!
As for whether Elashia could speak normally in front of Holy Kingdom soldiers and citizens... Ileina had no worries about this at all!
Come on! That was Elasia's Empress!
Could she have stage fright?
Impossible!
"Empress Elashia, don't be too nervous..."
Among everyone, only Catherine saw that after Ileina finished speaking, Elashia looked obviously extremely nervous...
"Anyway... you just arrived in our Holy Kingdom, you don't need to discuss specific issues or make any promises to the people—just say some nice words to boost everyone's confidence."
"Oh... okay... thank you, Miss Catherine..."
Elashia responded with a somewhat trembling voice while standing up.
This wasn't Elasia after all... having her speak to such a crowd who had no knowledge of her, how could she not be nervous...
"Step... step... step..."
Walking from her seat to the front of the platform was less than ten meters, but these ten meters felt as long as a long march to Elashia...
You must know—her speech skill [Struggling Me] could only be used to boost warrior morale before battle...
But now that the battle was over, what could she say using this skill...
Elashia's brain was operating at light speed like never before...
In front of the Holy Kingdom people... as a foreign empress, what should she say...
Elashia bit her lip, mustered courage and began:
"Fellow human compatriots of the Holy Kingdom... hello..."
Hearing Elashia begin speaking, the citizens and soldiers below automatically quieted down.
They were very curious—what exactly would this empress, who came from a foreign country to the chaotic Holy Kingdom to help them resist Blood Clan enemies, say to them here...
Elashia took a deep breath and spoke to the crowd intently watching her:
"Coming from Elasia to the Holy Kingdom, I have seen countless scenes that make one sad..."
"And investigating the cause... the Holy Court must bear primary responsibility, while we Elasians, as human compatriots who didn't strongly support the Holy Kingdom's fight, must also bear responsibility..."
"As Elasia's leader, I know—Elasia cannot just watch you fight while doing nothing..."
"So... please trust me and Northern Fire's warriors."
"Soon, Elasia's army will also march to the Holy Kingdom to fight alongside you!"
"I can promise you—Elasians will not only fight shoulder to shoulder with the Holy Kingdom, but will definitely provide you with substantial aid after the fighting ends..."
After doing her utmost to ensure she didn't embarrass herself while generally explaining her purpose for coming to the Holy Kingdom, Elashia looked at the sun about to rise on the horizon and suddenly remembered something very important!
How did she forget about those Holy Tribunal members...
Once the sun rose, she could remove their suggestion status...
And thinking about the Holy Tribunal members' situation, Elashia suddenly thought of a better method than racking her brains thinking about language to make the Holy Kingdom people know her...