Chapter 22: The Rose War
The Silver Empire is a bulk human empire located in Sinnar, which is mainly composed of electoral states, human kingdoms, human or alien principalities and various free cities. Among them, there are also a few areas with special status, such as the almost completely independent Tower of Truth.

However, although the Silver Empire accepted some alien races, humans still occupied the majority.

According to the [Silver Agreement] signed by the various princes of the Silver Empire, the emperor of the empire is not hereditary, but elected, and only the thirteen extraordinary families who originally established the country have the right to vote, and the various vassal states within the empire do not have the right to vote.

The political system is somewhat similar to the Holy Roman Empire of Roland's previous life.

Listening to Roland's teachings, Hela looked at him with some confusion and asked.

"Thirteen extraordinary families? In addition to the seven silver families, what about the other six?"

"Another six?"

Roland put down the book and said simply.

"According to the official records of the Silver Empire, these six families all died out due to various reasons."

Hela heard Roland's hint and continued to ask.

"And what is the fact?"

"It is almost impossible for a qualified extraordinary family to perish due to extinction. The decisive condition for having offspring is whether the extraordinary person wants to or not."

"As far as I know, among these six extraordinary families, three were exterminated by the first emperor of the Silver Empire, two were liquidated in political struggles, and the only knight family was squeezed out."

Roland casually revealed the secrets of the Silver Empire.

"However, they were not completely destroyed. The five destroyed families still had some sparks. As losers, they not only had to hide their identities, but also lost almost all their resources and became ordinary noble families."

"As for the ostracized knight family, they returned to Donnar to live in seclusion."

"Don't pay too much attention to them. They are just a bunch of losers. If you want to learn more, you can look up the Silver Family History published by the Vilicus School. Although it is not very accurate, it can be used as a reference."

"However, just watch it in private. Don't say anything when you are in the Silver Empire."

Roland said as a reminder.

Although the affairs of the Silver Family were no secret in the circle of extraordinary people, and the Silver Family would not hunt them down just because of this almost common-known news, however, if it was deliberately spread everywhere, the Silver Family would not go easy on them.

"clear."

Hela nodded and replied.

"Well, we will probably be staying in the Silver Empire for several years. Although it is good to know more about the history of the Silver Empire, it is better to understand their recent situation first."

Roland took out the information he had purchased from the Northern Spellcaster Association and handed it to Hela to read while explaining the current situation of the Silver Empire to her.

The Rose War was a war over the Silver Empire's crown.

Since the death of the previous Silver Emperor, the seven major Silver Families elected a seven-year-old girl to become the new Emperor of the Empire.

Because, while she possesses the blood of the Silver Family and belongs to one of our own, she also displays amazing talent as a mage.

Although the princes of the empire are skeptical about whether a child queen can rule the empire, they also question whether a powerful spellcaster will lead to the return of magical rule in the old days.

However, with the support of the seven silver families, the child queen still managed to secure the throne and made rapid progress in the field of magic.

Until a sudden disaster ended her rule. In the third year after she ascended the throne, due to the death of her relatives, she was already a five-ring wizard, but with the mind of a ten-year-old, she was completely unable to control her own power. Eventually, the magic power in her body became unbalanced, and she cast a terrifying mind spell in the capital of the empire.

Unprepared, more than 10,000 people died on the spot in the imperial capital, and countless people's minds were affected by the spell.

The most fatal thing was that a dozen Silver heirs who were arranged by the Silver Family to be around her and grew up with her, as well as several grand dukes in the palace at that time, all died suddenly on the spot.

This unprecedented disaster ultimately ended the reign of the child queen, and the Silver Nobles fell into debate over the choice of the next emperor.

While the Silver Nobles were debating the choice of the throne, some kings and dukes of the Silver Empire invited the king of the Kingdom of Inter, an independent human kingdom, a neighboring country of the Silver Empire, to become the new Silver Emperor.

After noticing their actions, the Silver Nobles hastily elected a new emperor and announced the ascension of the Legitimate Emperor.

However, King Inter refused to recognize the election of the Silver Nobles, and with the support of some kings and grand dukes, he led his troops into the Silver Empire.

Thus, the war broke out. Since the family emblems of both sides were roses, the only difference was that the current Silver Emperor's was silver-white, while King Inter's was red.

Therefore, this war is also called the War of the Roses.

After Roland finished talking about the origin of the Rose War, Hela asked curiously.

"Why did the Silver Nobles choose a girl younger than me to be the emperor?"

“There’s a lot of speculation.”

Roland said.

"Some people think that it is because of her age. The young emperor is unable to handle government affairs, and the power of the empire will naturally be divided up by the silver nobles. Others think that it is because of her talent that the silver families are trying to create a new legendary monarch once again."

"We'll have to ask the Silver Family about the specific situation."

Hela blinked and asked the question again.

"Then why do the kings and dukes of the Silver Empire want King Inte, who does not belong to the Silver Empire, to be the emperor?"

Roland smiled and said.

"For the sake of profit, you will understand if you turn the page."

After hearing Roland's words, Hela silently turned a few pages of the information in her hand and saw an agreement reached between the Grand Duke and King Inter.

A simple and clear agreement on the distribution of benefits, expanding the electoral qualifications, abolishing the restrictions of the Silver Empire, and granting the vassal states the right to launch wars of annexation.

After Hela finished reading the agreement, Roland continued to briefly introduce the Rose War.

In short, around the crown of the Silver Empire, the various vassal states of the Silver Empire were divided into two factions, the Red Rose Faction that supported King Inter, and the Silver Rose Faction that supported the Silver nobles.

The Rose War almost swept across the entire Sinnar, after countless brutal wars and fights.

Finally, after twenty-five years of war, the overly intense war led to dissatisfaction among the vassals of the Kingdom of Inter, and with the Silver Family's initiative in peace talks, the two factions finally reached a peace agreement.

The current Silver Emperor will marry the daughter of King Inte, and their offspring will become the next Silver Emperor.

(End of this chapter)