Celestina Shoukan

Chapter 42 - The End of The Celestina - Papaldian War

The Papaldia Empire, the Senate Hall, evening

Silvano enters the hall, and two Zealots that serve under her unit come as her escort. Taking her seat, she starts to look at no other than Emperor Ludius.

"You've asked me to come. Have you decided to surrender?"

"Yes... We decide to surrender."

"Good, then we will get to the negotiation table."

Silvano starts to list out the demands for accepting the unconditional surrender.

"First, as Remille stated before, there are some that we refuse to negotiate. The part that we refuse to negotiate is to admit the independence of the Seventy-Six nations of your former colony as an independent country, transferring the Superpower's authority to the Celestina Empire, and auditing the law for a better future such as abolishing the extraterritoriality and the slaves.

I will list those who will participate in the visit to the Celestina Empire for the next Council Meeting, which happens in January next year. I won't change this since this decision is based on our evaluation and their values over the zealot's days at the Papaldia Empire. I'm not going to take any objection here since this is the Main Council's decision."

The following participants are:

· Emperor Ludius

· Imperial Family Member Remille

· First Foreign Affairs Head Elto

· Deputy Head Hans

· Imperial Capital Defense base survivor Lotte

· Senate member Brutti

· Senate member Pontifex

· Advisor Lupasa

· Former Navy Officer Irruka

· Third Foreign Affairs Head and Chief of Negotiations for the Papaldia Empire, Kyeos

· 35 other people

They look at the list, and it seems they are curious why Celestina picks these people. Normally, only officials are allowed to visit the Celestina Empire. Brutti raises his hand, asking about it.

"There are some people who are not on the high rank, such as Lotte and former Naval Officer Irruka. Why did you pick them?"

"We don't want to pick just based on the official's point of view, that's why we choose an ordinary people as well. They might have a different view of approach than you do. Furthermore, they also need to be eased of their trauma."

"A trauma?"

"When we notice that you dismiss them as they are suffering some mental illness, it is something that you should verify the report first rather than just believing that it was nonsense. Your punitive attack at the Kingdom of Selarong, the Rodenius War, we knew all of it."

"What?!"

That information was supposed to be top-secret, yet the Celestina Empire managed to obtain the information about it. Ludius' back and forehead start to sweaty, afraid of Celestina's Intelligence Network that can surpass them. How can they make such a huge mistake in that aspect? Does it really necessary to gather information from the sources directly?

"If you had sent a diplomat to the Celestina Empire, things wouldn't be like this, and the Senates will be bickering against each other of who wants to visit Celestina. You demand things from us? That will not happen. Change your way of thinking if you want to live for another day. A Superpower means you will bear a great responsibility for it.