(I'm almost halfway done with chapter five, I'll finish it as soon as possible.)）
As time passed, the eyes hidden under Leona's bangs were gradually filled with killing intent. This was because the contents of these dossiers were…
"Empire Calendar Year 1023, March 16th, the 700,000 gold coins and 40 tonnes of rations that the Imperial Garrison Captain Nie Hou personally gifted to the Southern Legion, which was short of military funds, were intercepted by the Revolutionary Army when they were being sent to the Southern Army. This led to the Southern Legion mutiny, and the regimental commander, General Barot, died. The Croatian region officially became the base of the Revolutionary Army.”
"Empire Calendar Year 1023, April 17th, the capital's garrison captain Nie Hou invested 1.2 million gold coins to build an orphanage at the northwest border to take in orphans. It was destroyed by the Northwest aliens. All the money was lost, and all the orphans were killed. (Doubt: How did the Northwest people know that there was a lot of wealth in the asylum?) Who leaked the information?"
"On the 22nd of September, Year 1024 of the Empire Calendar, the captain of the Imperial Guard, Nie Hou, spent 14 million gold coins to buy a spear-type Emperor's relic from a western country. He was going to send it to the Northern Army Corps to strengthen the Northern Army Corps. The spear-type Emperor's relic disappeared while being escorted. In October of the same year, the prince of the northern foreign race, Numaseika, began to invade and plunder the northern border of the Empire with the spear-type Emperor's relic. Because there was no corresponding Emperor's relic envoy, the Northern Army Corps suffered a crushing defeat. (Note: The Northern Army Corps had once discovered a group of revolutionary soldiers who had forcefully crossed the border. Whether they were related to it still needs to be investigated.)）”
Leona didn't want to read any more of this because these files clearly indicated the whereabouts of every single sum of money Nie Hou had earned from his position. Even the names of the people who had sent the money were clearly recorded and accurate.
Moreover, the money was used in the places where the Empire needed it the most. However, accidents frequently occurred during the process of escorting. In these accidents, the Revolutionary Army played a very disgraceful role. Not only did the Revolutionary Army play a disgraceful role, but the so-called loyal officials of the Empire also played the role of accomplices. If they did not leak the information, how could the Revolutionary Army accurately rob the money and materials every time?
The reckless behavior of the revolutionary army and the 'loyal soldiers of the Imperium' was the real reason that led to the retreat of the Imperium's army and the heavy casualties of the ordinary people behind the defense line.
Leona stopped reading the scroll, but that didn't mean that Nie Hou wouldn't add insult to injury.""That's why I've always let you guys do whatever you want. Otherwise, why would the Imperial City Garrison Guard only arrive after you guys left? If I didn't deliberately let you go, the killers who could eliminate a portion of the pests of the empire and allow the empire to exist longer, your heads would have been hung in the middle of the square.”
Leona didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he looked at Marquis Nie of Greed, who was considered one of the biggest pests of the empire but had actually been saving the empire. He felt an indescribable feeling.
In Leona's opinion, a man who had sacrificed so much for the sake of changing the Empire and even became the target of an assassination attempt by a man who also wanted to save the Empire was simply too great. If she had met him earlier, she wouldn't have been an accomplice of the Revolutionary Army for so long.
It was a pity that Nie Hou did not know what Leona was thinking. If he knew, he would be laughing so hard that he could not even get up. There was actually someone who thought of him as such a great person?
Everything Nie Hou did was to prevent this empire from collapsing before Aisders got tired of it, and to help Blackpupil find his sister.
"Marquis Nie, tell me, what exactly do you want?" Leona asked after a while.”
Nie Hou revealed his true motive with a smile."I'm just satisfying my possessiveness. Ever since I first met you, Miss Leona, I couldn't help but want to keep you by my side forever. I told you part of the truth just to make you less resistant to me. Moreover, as long as I appear, you will instinctively sense me. This is not a good thing for me who wants to deal with the night attack.”
Leona, who had thought that Nie Hou would want to recruit her, realized that she was completely wrong. She asked with a heavy expression,"Tell me, what do you want to do? If you don't have a goal you want to achieve, why do you keep helping the dynasty? He kept doing things to save the empire.”
" Hahaha…" Nie Hou couldn't help but laugh." I've never thought of helping the empire from the start. This empire doesn't need saving." The meaning of this empire's existence is that there will always be ambitious people who want to overthrow it, and then they will be hunted by Aiders. Everything I do for this empire is for Aiders, for the woman I love deeply. Furthermore, I became Marquis Nie of Greed just to help Blackpupil find his sister.”
Knowing the truth, Leona's expression changed again and again."You're simply crazy! Just for these inexplicable reasons, the war in the entire empire would be extended indefinitely.”
Nie Hou didn't mind Leona calling him a lunatic.""I don't care about that. Some things can't be changed just by shouting. And perhaps you will thank me in the end, thanking me for giving this continent at least a hundred years of peace.”
Leona asked in confusion,"What do you mean?"
"When this country completely collapses due to war, everyone will instinctively resist war after the war ends. These people will work hard to prevent the war from happening and constantly develop new systems. Only when the knowledge of humans reached a new height and established a new order would everything that happened in the Empire be under control, and the entire world would be beautiful. Of course, this was before those greedy people appeared. However, you can't change anything. You can only watch, Miss Leona."”
"What do you mean?" Leona already felt waves of unease, as if something bad was about to happen to him.
Nie Hou had a mysterious smile on his face.""You don't have any restrictions on you now. Even the emperor relic is still with you. Go out and turn right.”
Although Leona didn't understand what was going on, this man who kept saying that he wanted to tie him down actually told him the way out of the city. Leona immediately pushed open the door and ran out of the city.
Just as Leona was less than ten meters away from Nie Hou, his figure suddenly blurred and disappeared, returning to Nie Hou's side.
"This is…"
"It's a curse. As long as Miss Leona is ten meters away from me, you will be sent back to my side by this power.”
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