GREETINGS, YOUR MAJESTY.
TO THE NEW RULER OF PHARNAS,
MAY YOU HAVE BRILLIANCE TO ILLUMINATE THE NIGHT,
MAY YOU HAVE WISDOM THAT SHINES TO DISPEL THE DARKNESS BEFORE YOU,
AND MAY YOU BE BLESSED WITH PROSPERITY, SUCH THAT EVEN A SINGLE SEED MIGHT REAP AN OCEAN.
ARSINOE THEA NEOPHARNAS,
19TH SOVEREIGN OF PHARNAS.
I HEREBY BESTOW UPON YOU THE TITLE OF GREAT MONARCH.
Episode 37
IT'S LIGHTER THAN I EXPECTED.
IT'S ABOUT THE SAME WEIGHT AS A TIARA.
ASCENDING THE THRONE WAS ONLY MEANT TO BE A MEANS FOR REVENGE,
BUT NOW THAT I WEAR THE CROWN, I'M HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS.
IS IT REALLY RIGHT TO USE THIS KINGDOM SOLELY FOR MY OWN SELFISH DESIRES?
THERE ARE THINGS I'VE COME TO REALIZE SINCE BECOMING QUEEN.
PHARNAS EXISTS...
...BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF COUNTLESS PEOPLE.
MORE PEOPLE SUPPORT THE ROYAL FAMILY...
...THAN ONE COULD EVER IMAGINE.
AND WITH A SINGLE WORD FROM ME,
ALL OF THEIR LIVES COULD CHANGE.
DID THAT BASTARD ALEC KNOW ALL THIS AND STILL CHOOSE TO START A WAR?
I SUPPOSE THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN BEING A WISE RULER AND A TYRANT.
THOSE WHO SACRIFICE 1,000 SOLDIERS TO KILL 10,000 ENEMIES ARE HAILED AS HEROES.
EVEN IF THAT'S THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS,
YOUR MAJESTY.
PLEASE ISSUE YOUR FIRST ROYAL DECREE.
IT'S HER FIRST COMMAND AFTER RECEIVING THE CROWN!
WHAT'LL IT BE? WILL SHE ASK FOR A TOAST, LIKE THE FORMER KING?
OR WILL WE SPEND THE WHOLE DAY DRINKING IN THE GARDENS LIKE THE 17TH KING COMMANDED AT HIS CORONATION?
HAVING THE MASSES RULED BY A SINGLE PERSON IS STILL...
...ANNOYING.
FROM THIS DAY ONWARD,
I SHALL WITHDRAW FROM POLITICS.
I HEREBY RESTORE THE OFFICE OF CHANCELLOR, ABOLISHED OVER A CENTURY AGO.
ALL NOBLES AND OFFICIALS OF EVERY RANK SHALL CONSULT THE CHANCELLOR ON MATTERS OF GOVERNANCE.
THE CHANCELLOR SHALL BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AFFAIRS OF STATE, AIDING MY REIGN THROUGH THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE KINGDOM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, CHANCELLOR KIEL.
SINCE YOU WANTED TO BE KING SO BADLY,
TRY BEING SOMETHING CLOSE ENOUGH, OLD MAN.
Odelmos
WHAT A TRULY INSANE WOMAN.
MARCHIONESS RUTHERFORD
COUNT BOUVEHAL
SHOULDN'T WE STOP HIM?
THAT'S NOT VERY CHANCELLOR-LIKE OF HIM.
I DARESAY IT'D BE BETTER TO DRINK WITH HIM INSTEAD.
I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU TO MIND YOUR TONGUE,
BUT I CAN'T DENY THAT DECLARATION WAS RATHER SHOCKING. DID SHE NOT GIVE YOU ANY WARNING BEFOREHAND?
IF SHE HAD, DO YOU THINK I'D BE SITTING HERE LIKE THIS?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WOMAN SAID BEFORE LEAVING?
SHE ASKED IF THIS WASN'T WHAT I'D ALWAYS WANTED AND TOLD ME TO DO MY BEST.
SHE SAID SHE'D TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING,
AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS GOVERN... HOW FORTUNATE FOR ME.
WAS SHE ENCOURAGING YOU?
ENCOURAGING?
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU? IT WAS OBVIOUSLY SARCASM!
THEY SAY YESTERDAY'S ENEMY CAN BECOME TOMORROW'S ALLY. I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE IT HAPPEN MYSELF.
LIFE TRULY IS UNPREDICTABLE, ISN'T IT?
THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER. ENTRUSTING SUCH AN IMPORTANT POSITION TO A TRAITOR? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING.
WHAT IF I STAGE ANOTHER REBELLION?
SHE’S APPOINTING ME THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY OVER STATE AFFAIRS,
WHICH IS PRACTICALLY THE SAME AS HANDING OVER THE REAL POWER OF THE THRONE.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT MAKES HER MAJESTY REMARKABLE.
IT ISN’T A BAD DECISION FOR A RULER WITH A WEAK POLITICAL FOUNDATION,
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHE SAW STRAIGHT THROUGH TO YOUR TRUE NATURE.
HUH?
WHAT EXACTLY IS MY TRUE NATURE?
OH, YOU KNOW.
YOU MAY RESENT HER MAJESTY,
BUT YOU CARE SO DEEPLY ABOUT PHARNAS IT DRIVES YOU MAD.
YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU LIKE, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE ROLE.
BINGO
HAH.
TSK.
HMPH.
HAHA.
IT SEEMS THE MAN WHO WAS TREMBLING THROUGH THE MILITARY TRIAL IS ENJOYING HIMSELF QUITE A BIT NOW.
OH, THAT! I WAS SO CONFUSED.
I THOUGHT WE WERE FISHING FOR RED GROUPER... I NEVER IMAGINED WE'D END UP HOOKING DUKE WHEATON INSTEAD!
A DIFFERENT KIND OF FISHING
IN ALL MY 60 YEARS IN POLITICS, I'VE NEVER HAD DAYS THIS ENTERTAINING.
EXACTLY.
EVERY TIME HER MAJESTY ADDRESSES THE COUNCIL NOW, I CAN'T HELP FEELING EXCITED ABOUT WHAT OUTRAGEOUS THING SHE'LL SAY NEXT.
INDEED.
EVERY AUDIENCE WITH HER MAJESTY MAKES MY HEART RACE.
OH MY! MINE TOO!
AT THIS RATE, YOU'LL DOUBLE OVER LAUGHING FROM ALL THIS AMUSEMENT.
WHAT ARE YOU ALL SO GIDDY ABOUT OVER THERE?
Dawn of Vengeance Chapter 37 depicts Arsinoe Thea Neopharnas being crowned as the 19th ruler of Pharnas and surprising everyone with her first decree. Finding the crown lighter than she expected, Arsinoe questions using the kingdom selfishly for revenge on the throne she ascended for vengeance. She declares her withdrawal from politics, restores the chancellorship abolished a century ago, and appoints Kiel as chancellor.
