Chapter 9: A Wonderful Start

And the struggle for the succession of this generation’s throne had indeed begun.

King William IX’s eldest and second sons had died in accidents years ago.

His only remaining daughter had been taken away and raised by the Pope at a young age due to her startling affinity for the light element.

As the set-in-stone next Saintess of the Church, she had long since announced her renunciation of the throne.

Now, the King was elderly and remained without further offspring; later, he fell gravely ill and became bedridden.

Currently, the affairs of the state were managed by his younger brother, Prince Fisher, acting as Regent.

Because King William IX had no heirs, he had chosen Prince Fisher’s youngest daughter, Caitlin Fisher, to be adopted as the Crown Princess.

Coupled with Fisher as Regent, this created the somewhat bizarre situation of the present day.

On the surface, the Fisher family reigned supreme and the waters were calm, but in reality, undercurrents were already surging.

First, the Crown Princess was no longer called Caitlin Fisher, but Caitlin William.

This was vital; by taking the name William, the succession still belonged to the William line and had nothing to do with Fisher.

As for the Regent, Prince Fisher, rumors claimed he had harmed the old King’s children to leave him without an heir.

The nobility generally believed he might eventually replace the William royalty and take the throne himself; he had several sons, so by any calculation, the crown should never fall to Caitlin.

In the later stages of the plot, the new monarch was indeed Crown Princess Caitlin; as one would expect, she was also part of the male lead’s harem.

Therefore, the ultimate losers were self-evident, and by extension, the Church was also a supporter of Prince Fisher—wait, no!

This “cheap father” of hers had been screwed over by the original owner, and the Holy Church claimed the Fafnir family was their most loyal ally.

Was it possible that the Church and Kaibuli actually supported Crown Princess Caitlin, the legitimate William heir?

Because Regent Fisher now held absolute power over the kingdom, the Church was using the merchant guilds to secretly supply the Fafnir family with these contraband items.

Baron Kaibuli hadn’t restricted her contact with Karl because he was letting her slowly take over the Fafnir family’s external networking capital.

The reason Baron Fafnir hadn’t been promoted to a Count might also be due to suppression by the Regent.

The “Kingmakers” were clearly die-hard supporters of the William line; if the Regent truly intended to replace the Williams, his first move would naturally be a combo attack against loyalists like the Fafnir family.

It was a classic three-step plan: invite them to a feast, cut off their heads, or make them your dogs.

Because the original owner was brainless and defected to the Regent’s faction, she forcibly pulled the Fafnir family into opposition against the Crown Princess, while simultaneously becoming a “25-zai” (traitor) in the eyes of the Church…

Thinking of this, Su Na couldn’t help but cradle her forehead; no wonder her ending was so miserable.

A family carrying the title of the “Kingmaker Honorary Family” with significant fame among the people first betrays the royal legitimacy, then betrays their Church allies.

Not only does their reputation turn to rot overnight, but they also offend the two strongest factions of the era; honestly, it would be strange if they weren’t sacrificed to the heavens.

To put it bluntly, if one could pull a turnaround in this situation, the Fafnir family would be royalty themselves—what would they need to “make” a king for?

From this perspective, she had been a bit too biased; her impression of the Church was so terrible that no matter what they did, Su Na assumed it was all a scheme and wanted to stay far away immediately.

At least for now, the relationship between the two sides was actually quite good; their interests and demands were likely aligned.

Damn, she never dreamed she would start such an “opulent” battle, becoming allies with a “super-villain” organization like the Church right at the start.

The Church in a magical world!

They could fight, tank, and heal; they had everything and served as a super logistics center.

Given the choice, no sane person would want to go head-to-head with such an entity during their early development phase.

Oi, I’ve never had such a wonderful start~

However, to be safe, Su Na quickly wrote a letter upon returning to the Lord’s Manor and sent it to her old father to confirm the situation.

Baron Kaibuli’s reply didn’t make her wait long; he told her she had full authority to make the decisions, which was a tacit admission.

The remaining problems were simple; the Kortel Merchant Guild’s ten thousand bolts were quickly delivered to the armory and then transferred to Fafnir’s newly built integrated workshop.

The standard bolts for the heavy crossbows solved Su Na’s urgent need.

The bolts for the repeating crossbows only required half the length of a heavy bolt, meaning one arrow could be turned into two.

They only needed to be sharpened into arrowheads to work.

A large number of carpenters from various manors and villages had already gathered in the integrated workshop.

They had produced a preliminary batch of usable, qualified repeating crossbows and had further simplified the design according to Su Na’s requirements to meet modular production standards.

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