After the people from the two countries completely left the palace, Benjamin slowly walked out of the back door of the hall.
"Do you think they will accept it?" The president turned around and asked Benjamin.
"They will." Benjamin shrugged and said, "If one party doesn't accept it, we will leave it all to the other party. In this situation, they have no other choice but to accept it."
If they can come up with such a plan, they have already made plans. The ruling power of Ikol is still in their hands, so they have the power to make others accept their plan unconditionally.
And this plan seems to be the only solution to the current dilemma.
The key to gaining more power and benefit from Ikol's transfer of the throne is balance. Their current situation is that they are sandwiched between Frieden and Caretes, so the more even the forces between the two parties are, the higher their importance will be.
Therefore, Benjamin came up with such a plan.
Ostensibly, they ceded the rule of Ikol to someone else. But in fact, the mage got the opportunity to become the master of Icor. The situation between Frieden and Carites is balanced, so the Adjudication Council will become the most respected institution in the country.
-When two parties have an equal number of votes, the vote in their hands will also become crucial.
"Take turns in power, with the supervision of the mage... I really don't know how you came up with such a method." The president suddenly sighed, "In normal times, even farmers in the countryside would think this is a fantasy. But now... They longed for the reconstruction of the empire in their hearts, and you took advantage of this hope to give this system a basis for public support."
When Benjamin heard this, he smiled and said nothing.
He only slightly referenced the idea of modern political decentralization and checks and balances.
For people of this era, it is generally difficult to accept political systems that are too trendy. If he goes to grab a random passerby on the street and tells the other person that the people should be the masters of their own country, the other party will only think that he is a lunatic and has no interest in being the masters of their own country.
Fortunately, Ikol's special situation helped Benjamin a lot. The division lasted only a decade or so, but people still miss the old empire quite a bit. And this kind of nostalgia also offsets the impact of the unprecedented "monarchless" system on the world.
It can be regarded as a localization experiment.
"The alliance's treaty has been drawn up, but... regarding the details of the Judgment Council, you should be the only one who can come up with such an unheard-of thing." The president said again.
Benjamin came to his senses and nodded.
"Don't worry, I will think it over carefully and make a draft before discussing it with you in detail."
The law in black and white is the core of this supervision mechanism. They cannot leave too many loopholes, otherwise the two countries will take advantage of them, the balance will be broken, and taking turns in power will become a joke.
Of course, in the process of achieving all this, Benjamin will not be on the stage. The relationship between the college and the two countries has shown signs of deterioration. In order to repair the relationship, this evil person had to let the president be the leader.
The president has no complaints about taking on this responsibility.
After all, Benjamin had made concessions of his own.
"Queen... do you really plan to save her life?" Thinking of this, he suddenly asked.
"What does it matter? You have ruined her appearance and voice. Even if she has a chance to meet other people, no one will believe that she is the queen she once was." The president sighed and said.
Benjamin shook his head: "I just don't understand what she has to live for."
Hearing this, the president took a deep breath, but did not speak.
Seeing this, Benjamin didn't ask any more questions, turned around and left the hall. The president looked at his leaving figure and stood in the hall for a moment, then shook his head and left through the back door.
After passing through the long corridor and opening several secret passages, the president entered the darkest basement of the palace. He stood at the door of the basement with complicated eyes, looking at the figure locked in the layers of iron bars.
"… You came."
The figure spoke, hoarsely, and her gender could barely be discerned from the tone.
—It is the queen of Ikol.
She leaned against the wall in despair, but the scars and scabies on her face made her look so different from before. The dirty hair hung on both sides of his face, seemingly no different from the hay spread on the ground.
It can be seen from her tattered clothes and nervous eyes that she has been detained here for a long time.
"Your Highness, I will visit you from time to time." The president was silent for a moment and then said, "In a while, we will change your prison to another one, and the conditions should be slightly better than here."
Hearing this, the Queen's shoulders shrugged slightly, and she suddenly let out a terrible laugh.
"Why don't you kill me? Do you want to humiliate me by leaving me here?"
The president couldn't bear to close his eyes.
When the Queen saw this, her ferocious face showed an even more sarcastic look.
She said in a monster-like voice: "Mr. Mercy... is always so kind. Come on, look at my face carefully, listen to my voice, and feel how kind you are."
"Your Highness Princess." The president opened his eyes and said, "You have done too many wrong things. It is not easy to save your life."
But the queen seemed to be stimulated by something, and shouted hysterically: "Don't call me princess! I... I am the queen of Icol!"
The president was silent.
After yelling for a while without getting any response, the queen finally collapsed against the wall again, gasping for air and staring at the president outside the iron railings with indifferent eyes.
"...Are you still living in the old empire?" There was sarcasm in her eyes again, "In the old empire, my father was still alive and invited you to the royal family's private dinner. I will show the sweet smile my mother taught me, Oohing and aahing at the magic tricks you're doing...is this what you want?"
When the president heard this, he sighed and said, "I just don't understand why you are like this."
But the queen let out a few dry laughs and said: "No, you are wrong. I have never changed, but you have never really understood me. Of course... maybe you are not interested in understanding at all. Who cares what a princess thinks? ? You, and my father, all just want to see the gentle and harmless look I pretend to be."
The president was silent for a long time and shook his head.
The dark basement fell into a depressing atmosphere. The queen stared at the president with her terrifying face for a long time, and then suddenly said: "Let me go."
"impossible."
The Queen suddenly approached the iron railing and asked eagerly: "Why is it impossible? I can no longer pose any threat to you."
The president took a deep breath, suddenly looked at the queen, and said, "Your Majesty, you are the one living in the past, right? Wrong choices require paying a price, and you... are no longer the little princess who could be indulged. .”
Hearing this, the queen was shocked, and suddenly she clenched the iron railing at her hand tightly, and her whole body became silent.
Seeing this, the president shook his head in disappointment and turned to leave.