A few days after Rigel carried out the public execution of the Queen, the Second Princess Nina, and Duke Valestaria's daughter Stella—
"Father, what do you think of my handling of the situation? The postwar chaos seems to have settled down considerably."
In a room inside the royal castle in Tosh, Rigel asked Balzac.
As he said, the postwar processing was proceeding smoothly.
"Ah, splendid work. I never imagined things would go this well."
"Thank you. This is all thanks to your guidance, Father."
Rigel answered modestly. Balzac gave a small smile and continued.
"With this, we can safely say the conflict between the Wistaria Kingdom and the Valestaine Kingdom is completely over."
"Yes. From the start, there was no way a small country like this could defeat a great power like Wistaria."
"Indeed. That said, the fact that our House of Goussel—a mere marquis family—managed to destroy this nation is no small achievement."
"Yes."
Rigel nodded in agreement.
