Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?-Chapter 484 - 99 The Essence of Humanity

Yes, even though Emperor Otto’s emotions were extremely complicated at the moment, they soon turned into sheer ecstasy.

That was the legendary Extraordinary Swordsmanship, the Unyielding Holy Sword!

The Unyielding Holy Sword, which Emperor Charlemagne and Holy Knight Roland relied upon to establish their renowned empire through conquests in the east and west!

From then on, the Unyielding Holy Sword, known as "Only the Lord of the Empire could wield it," was now in the hands of my own daughter!

Emperor Otto managed to keep his expression unchanged, while the Acid Erosion Dragon and the Dragon of Imagination exchanged glances, both reading immense surprise and delight in each other’s eyes.

This matter, compared to the failure of the southern campaign, could be considered an absolute piece of good news.

It could even completely compensate for the impact of the southern campaign’s failure on the Saxon Family.

Suppose the southern campaign had been successful, the Saxon Family would have only forced the Church Court to submit, gained a great deal of political prestige within the Empire, and plundered a large amount of material aid and technical support.

Political prestige would be exhausted, material aid would eventually run out, and technical support could not be maintained forever, after all, the Church Court would change its Pope.

But as for the Unyielding Holy Sword... a Law-Level powerhouse who had mastered the Unyielding Holy Sword, especially during the rise of the Magic Tide, would likely soon advance to Demigod Level.

Such a powerhouse, in this continent, could be said to be almost invincible, otherwise how could Charlemagne have initially conquered various Barbarian tribes and rebuilt the illustrious Frank Empire after the fall of the West Solomon Empire?

If it weren’t for the fact that the Emperor at the age of 140, unable to bear the increasingly uncontrollable tendencies, suddenly left the Main Plane and disappeared... probably even now, the Holy Solomon Empire would still be in the hands of Charlemagne’s descendants, the Carolingian Family, and the Saxon Family would still be hunting birds in the harsh northern lands!

(Emperor Otto’s grandfather, Henry I, the first Emperor of the Saxon dynasty of the Empire, nicknamed the "Bird Catcher," was reportedly catching birds in the forest when he was informed of his inheritance of the title.)

That is to say, if Emperor Otto’s daughter, this royal Highness who wielded the Holy Sword, could return to the Empire...

Not to mention forgiving her past crimes, Emperor Otto would be more than willing to relinquish the Iron Throne to her.

Without hyperbole, if she lived to be 100, the Empire would enjoy long years of peace for 100 years, and the Iron Throne would remain under the Saxon Family’s control for 100 years unshaken.

The so-called political prestige from defeating the Church Court, compared to the prestige brought by the "User of the Unyielding Holy Sword," is simply not worth mentioning.

Emperor Otto’s father, Otto I, also defeated the Church Court, but has anyone ever compared Otto I to Emperor Charlemagne?

Yet his daughter... once the affair of the Holy Sword was publicly revealed within the Empire, it would inevitably garner frenetic public support, often referencing Emperor Charlemagne’s royal demeanor to argue that she was divinely destined to become the Emperor of the Empire.

As for her strength, that wasn’t even an issue. She hadn’t yet reached Demigod Rank but had already been able to make the Demigods of major families flee in panic. Once she truly became a Demigod, wouldn’t she be unmatched...

But no matter how unmatched, she would still be our Saxon Family’s Demigod; after all, blood is thicker than water!

At this moment, the rebellious act made by Eleanor in publicly assassinating the Emperor to save Empire soldiers and knights, in Emperor Otto’s heart, had shifted from "you’re just a baseborn without any sense of hierarchy" to "such a heart for the realm, truly a born model knight and fitting my daughter."

So it’s said, human nature...

"We must find my daughter as soon as possible." Emperor Otto sighed, speaking self-reproachfully, "Ah, I truly have not been a competent father."

"Yes," both the Acid Erosion Dragon and the Dragon of Imagination nodded, uncontrollably moved, "Little Sofie has been out there for so many years; she must have suffered a lot. Just thinking about it makes us old fellows want to cry. It’s really not been easy... We’d better hurry and bring her back (we must let her feel the warmth of the Giant Dragon family soon)."

Carol: ...

"Eleanor... uh, this Princess Sofie, seems to have been raised by the Weisbach family since childhood, so she actually didn’t suffer much," Knowledge Key Carol carefully chose her words.

Weisbach Family? Emperor Otto raised an eyebrow. So it was you, old Swan Duke, who stole my daughter!

The Emperor’s temper was about to flare again when he heard the Dragon of Imagination, Bruno, cough and say:

"I believe that the Weisbach Family was not aware of this; otherwise, how could they possibly bring Her Highness to the battlefield."

This suddenly reminded the Emperor.

Setting aside whether the Weisbach Family knew about this matter, the objective situation was that the Duke of Bavaria had indeed raised the Emperor’s daughter for so many years, and Her Highness definitely had deep feelings for him.

If this incident offends the Weisbach family, setting aside political considerations for now, Your Highness would certainly grow to dislike and even hate the Saxon family, after all, upbringing matters more than birth.

Everyone here is not ignorant of politics, of course, they know how to handle this matter:

Confront the Weisbach family and join hands to find His Highness.

Then prove His Highness is indeed the bloodline of Emperor Otto. The Giant Dragon family certainly has a reliable method to test the Dragon Bloodline.

Ultimately, under the guidance of the Duke of Bavaria and Emperor Otto’s apology, they strived to resolve Princess Sofie’s inner conflicts... After all, she hated the Emperor to death not long ago. A complete reversal just because of bloodline relations was impossible; the Duke of Bavaria had to intervene.

Slowly, they would shift His Highness’s sense of belonging from the Weisbach family to the Saxon family.

"Cough." The Dragon of Imagination, Bruno, coughed and said, "Since it’s settled, I’ll go find His Highness."

The Dragon of Imagination activated his Mind Vision and hurriedly left the camp.

"Speaking of which, isn’t His Highness currently still labeled as ’Empire’s Public Enemy’?" Carol said somewhat speechlessly.

This immediately made Emperor Otto depressed. Who knew my own daughter would attempt to assassinate me!

Of course, I wasn’t aware of this at the time, so the order I issued was definitely correct; my daughter couldn’t possibly be at fault either. Thus, the only thing at fault must be this bizarre and ever-changing world.

Ah, fate is truly playful.

"The assassin who attempted to kill Your Majesty is already dead," the Acid Erosion Dragon, Hedwig, said expressionlessly. "As for His Highness, we should search for him secretly and not publicize it extensively."

"Right, exactly," Emperor Otto also realized, "The ’Empire’s Public Enemy’ has been executed, hence the pursuit should come to an end. The pressing matter now is to find my long-lost daughter."

As for my daughter, of course, she has absolutely nothing to do with the Empire’s public enemy. How could a living person have anything to do with a dead one?

"There’s another thing, Your Majesty," Hedwig said solemnly, "This prolonged war should also come to an end."

Emperor Otto’s eyebrows immediately sagged.

Even though it was quite humiliating, it was akin to Emperor Otto boasting of making the Empire great again one moment and becoming the Empire’s biggest joke the next.

However, it indeed was their only choice now.

Objectively considering, with more than half of the army having deserted, the campaign against the Church Court could no longer be sustained.

Subjectively, what everyone needed to focus on now was not continuing the war but to quickly find the Emperor’s beloved daughter, who wielded the Holy Sword.

However, although the "Empire’s Public Enemy" was "dead," and she transformed from a "despicable assassin" to a "noble Princess"...

The critical issue was, she didn’t know about any of this!

Hence, her companions would inevitably still be taking her on a desperate flight, evidently heading towards the southern Church Court, and the Empire certainly couldn’t afford to enter the Church Court’s territory to search for this Princess while maintaining the war.

Thus, ceasing the war became the only choice.

"Regarding the cessation of the war..." Emperor Otto meant to instinctively call his Guard Officer, then remembered the young man had been "borrowed" by the Dragon of Imagination and went somewhere unknown, so he instead said:

"Lord Acid Erosion Dragon, could you help represent the Saxon family and the Empire to contact the Church Court?"

"Hmm," Hedwig nodded. This mattered greatly to the Saxon family and couldn’t be delayed.

"As for today’s matters, please keep them confidential," the Emperor turned and said solemnly.

"No problem," Carol said bluntly. The other three were definitely not going to leak any information, so if there were a leak, everyone would immediately guess it was her.

Moreover, leaking the information had no benefits, but keeping the secret could curry a favor from the Saxon family.

Indeed, this matter was extremely important for the Saxon family.