In the end, it was just an accumulation of ridiculous things.
There hadn't been this one special moment. The rails heading for the worst conclusion had been visible here and there for quite some time.
"In accordance with the majority, the aforementioned weapons will be banned from use."
It hadn't just been the bunker clusters.
Being controlled by the Roman Catholic Church, the EU council had adopted a treaty that specifically banned the weapons that the United Kingdom had primarily been developing. It had been as if they were saying they weren't afraid of provoking an old-fashioned nation.
Apparently, it had started when Elizard still controlled the military. At that time, Britain's nuclear weapons had been banned, but France's had not. The two countries had been split into two different categories because of the difference in power between their bombs, but Britain had been prevented from later developing nuclear weapons with less power. And to top it all off, England had been required to give all their nuclear weapons to France. Officially, this had been because France would be the sole possessor of nuclear weapons within the EU and they would therefore have the technology needed to safely disassemble them, but the real reason was clear.
The "attacks" had been occurring for a long time.
They had escalated and eventually resulted in the disaster that Carissa had seen.
The EU countries had whispered things in the shadows.
"There is no problem as long as you have the protection of the Roman Catholic Church."
"If fault is found in England, they can't stand up to a force of 2 billion people."
"England is just a relic of a bygone era."
"Your prosperity ended at the beginning of the 20th century."
Carissa felt that England's value as a country was dropping.
Her mother who led the country said that there was no reason to react to such clear provocation.
However, that only led to the surrounding countries taking them lightly and deciding that they could act with impunity regarding England. If the situation had continued, it would have ushered in an age where England would no longer be recognized as a nation and the British people would be ridiculed, would be abused, and would begin to hide that they were British.
That had to be stopped.
The people of England had to retain the ability to live happily.
She had prepared for years. There had been a few different paths she could have taken, but she had naturally chosen one of them from the very beginning. She was a woman who excelled in military matters. She knew nothing other than heading to a mud-covered battlefield with a sword in hand. If she were to succeed, she could not realistically see herself choosing anything other than a coup d'etat.
However, she had done nothing more than prepare.
If certain conditions were not met, she never would have acted on that preparation.
If her mother who led the country was able to restore the country's dignity via diplomatic means, that wouldn't have been a problem. If the surrounding countries could have been brought out from under the control of the Roman Catholic Church and had begun to act of their own will, the crisis would have naturally ended.
But…
The Eurotunnel connecting England and France had been bombed.
And at the same time, a plane had been hijacked in order to block the flights to England.
The various checkpoints and borderlines she had strategically set up had all been breached in the worst possible way.
She had determined that she could not wait any longer.
If she did not take that chance, the value of the British people would fall to a position lower than slaves.
In the end, Carissa had taken Curtana Original into her hand.
Despite how much she loathed it, she had grabbed that sword that determined the king.
She had silently decided that she would become a tyrant.
She would become such an overwhelming tyrant that she would leave an indelible blot on history.
She had always been a woman who excelled in military matters and could do nothing but take up a sword and fight. She had only one way to change her country and to change the world.
Carissa had made her decision without telling anyone else.
Once the fight was over, she was prepared to disappear from history along with the two Curtanas. She would head deep down into the grave she had created to sleep eternally without anyone ever knowing what she had done.