Pirate Kingship-Chapter 803 - 499: Evernight Queen, Sudden Upheaval (Part 2)
The eldest son, Olaf III, and the youngest daughter, Princess Vanessa.
After the death of their father, Waldemar IV, Olaf III, who was still a minor at the time, became the King of Alborg, with Margaret I as the regent, effectively becoming the true ruler of Alborg.
After the death of her husband, Haakon VI, she helped Olaf III inherit the throne of Gothenburg.
Years later, her son Olaf III died unexpectedly, and she was then appointed as the "full authority ruler" of Alborg and Gothenburg.
Subsequently, Margaret I spent six years defeating her arch-enemy Albrecht, conquering the Oslo Kingdom, and was acclaimed as the King of Oslo, thus becoming the Queen of the Kalmar Union of Three Nations.
Without question, she was the founder of the royal authority of the three kingdoms, a politician and military strategist of great wisdom, far superior to her father, husband, and son.
With the highly centralized Northern Codex, she held supreme authority in the three countries.
Even in her twilight years, she never conceded to age, her ambition rivaling that of any young person.
She aspired to emulate her ancestor, Blue Dragon King Reinhardt, to capture the remaining two Bayfolk Nations: Iron Anchor Bay and Hightins, thus restoring the full map of the North Sea Empire and making the North Sea an inland sea of the Empire.
One of her famous sayings was widely circulated among the upper echelons of various countries:
"I must study politics and war, and not leave these matters to my descendants.
Only then will the next generation of this country have the freedom to study mathematics, philosophy, geography, natural history, shipbuilding, navigation, commerce, agriculture, star formation, and divination.
Their children will have the right to research painting, poetry, music, architecture, sculpture, weaving arts, art design, and ceramics!"
And indeed, she achieved this.
Her daughter became a Prophet in the Tower Sequence, and her granddaughter attended the Vinaia Art Academy and became an Artisan in the Tower Sequence, theoretically unrelated to war.
Margaret I may not have been an inaugural monarch, but the great feats she accomplished were in no way inferior to those "founders of nations."
Unfortunately, the family was dwindling, nearly extinct.
The old Prime Minister Drotz, of course, knew who the Queen was referring to when she spoke of the one who defiled the Creator’s teachings, "not equal in the face of death."
But considering the Crown Prince’s health and the recent rise of a prominent figure known across the Bayfolk Nations and even the entire Old Continent, for the future of the Kalmar Union, he had to brace himself and probe:
"Your Majesty, Princess Vanessa, who was promoted to Calamity Witch, though she went astray, remains your biological daughter, and one of the few remaining blood relatives you have in the world.
Her decision to learn forbidden knowledge against the Church’s ban is indeed wrong.
But back then, under the pressure of the Tribunal, we allowed a group of Judgment Knights, Reformist Clerics, and Demon Hunters to join forces in capturing Her Royal Highness the Princess, which was not an honorable act.
Moreover, the self-proclaimed righteous Church declared the Princess deceased, while in reality using her safety to coerce the Pirate King [Whale Hunter] to do their bidding.
The servants of God are not as righteous as they claim."
It has been over a decade, and the old Prime Minister had long harbored these words.
Since he has begun to speak his mind, he continued under the increasingly piercing gaze of Margaret I:
"You may be an exemplary devout believer, strict with yourself, adhering to the doctrines and family admonitions, but are all the upper echelons of the Church Traditionalists like you?
If the true Creator were to descend, I fear certain parasites among the Traditional Faction would be the first to raise an army to crusade against ’heresy,’ wouldn’t they?
You are well aware of Prince Eric’s condition; we really don’t have much time left.
The first option is for the Kalmar Union to cease being devout believers, seeking black sorcery from overseas to cure the ’White Plague’ afflicting the Prince so that he may inherit the throne in the future.
The second option is, should you allow the Crown Prince to die, to determine a new heir as soon as possible.
According to the succession laws in the Northern Codex, after Princess Vanessa’s ’passing,’ her daughter Princess Violet Harrold, with [Whale Hunter] His Majesty, will become the first in line for succession.
Just a few days ago, the colonies reported that Princess Violet has officially become betrothed to the new Pirate King, [Uncrowned King] Byron Lancaster.
Without even considering their massive prestige among the Bayfolk, the merging of the direct bloodlines of two Pirate Emperors alone grants them the claim to all the Bayfolk Nations.
The number of supporters will be countless.
What we do not give, they can take for themselves. So..."
However, the old Prime Minister’s heartfelt plea was resolutely rejected by Margaret I, who waved her hand before he could complete his conclusion:
"Absolutely impossible!
At the beginning of the year, when Violet sought my help, she had not revealed her forbidden knowledge; I thought there was still hope for this granddaughter.
Who would have thought that within a short year, she has become a new Fourth Order Mythical Creature, the Calamity Witch, reaching the order her mother held years ago.
This is an even more gifted heretic!
Moreover, Byron Lancaster’s title, once held by the Bayfolk God-King, is [The Mad Hunt], likely the prophesied child, which makes him the heretic among heretics.
The ’Anti-Creator Consciousness Act’ I promulgated was established for them, and they have already grossly violated this act, laden with sins.
If the two of them were to rule the Kalmar Union, the Eternal Night Peninsula would immediately revert to a thousand years ago.
