Ch.163To be honest, I don’t know either.

# Chapter 163: Actually, I Don’t Know Either

What does it mean to be an ambassador with full authority over diplomatic affairs in a country?

Essentially, regardless of what the person says or does, it becomes the will of that country.

For such an important figure, they have nothing to say about this situation?

‘Haha, our Prosnack friends are playing games with me.’

Wouldn’t anyone see through this lie?

‘Do I look like a fool to you?’

There’s a limit to deception, and this seems like such an obvious lie.

*Slurp*

I took another sip of coffee and spoke to Ambassador Jamiya sitting across from me in a cold tone.

“Do you really think that makes sense, Ambassador Jamiya?”

“…”

“Do you think I would believe that a plenipotentiary ambassador knows absolutely nothing about the situation in their home country?”

Let’s be honest here.

I can’t believe what you’re saying right now.

As I continued to show this kind of reaction, Ambassador Jamiya looked at me with her characteristic expression and then…

“Sigh… I suppose I have no choice.”

‘That’s right, that’s the attitude.’

She let out a deep sigh, and then, with what seemed like a determined expression, she began to speak.

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However, what I heard from Ambassador Jamiya was completely different from what I had expected.

“…So, you’re saying that even you, Ambassador Jamiya, haven’t heard anything?”

“Yes.”

They didn’t give any notice even to their plenipotentiary ambassador and the daughter of their country’s supreme commander.

‘Wait, aren’t these the same people who were willing to expose their grand strategy to us? Why are they suddenly acting like this?’

Since this was a situation that defied common sense, I pointed out that Ambassador Jamiya was the child of Prosnack’s Supreme Commander, but…

“I must say, this is perhaps the most unfair moment I’ve experienced, Minister Arto.”

Just after seeing Ambassador Jamiya express her dissatisfaction through her expressionless face and crossed arms, genuinely appearing wronged…

*Ding♪*

[Pause]

Along with a familiar notification sound from quite some time ago, a new event message window appeared before my eyes.

[Event: Diplomacy Filled with Questions]

[Prosnack’s current war is in a state full of perplexities.]

[It has been revealed that not only Ambassador Jamiya’dus, the plenipotentiary ambassador to Sebeli and the Supreme Commander’s own daughter,]

[But also all diplomatic ambassadors dispatched to various countries and the Galactic Federation headquarters know nothing about Prosnack’s home country’s war.]

[Goodwill and trust of the Galactic Federation and various countries toward the Prosnack Union -10]

‘Hmm, interesting…’

Even the event message confirmed that Ambassador Jamiya’s words were true.

I could properly feel what it’s like to be completely dumbfounded, while also grasping just how messed up the current situation was.

‘Wait, are they saying they didn’t tell even their diplomatic ambassadors anything to achieve the element of surprise?’

Of course, there’s no point in me speculating about this alone.

Since things have come to this, I thought it might be good to have a deeper conversation with Ambassador Jamiya…

‘Strike while the iron is hot, let’s go for it.’

[Resume]

I immediately unpaused and began speaking to Ambassador Jamiya.

“…It seems Ambassador Jamiya’s words are correct.”

“Your sudden changes are always hard to get used to, but I should first thank you for believing me.”

And since I had decided to have this conversation, I called over Gaia, who was playing very closely with Riel nearby.

“Gaia, I’m sorry, but could you bring us some drinks instead of coffee this time?”

“Ah, yes, yes!”

When I requested “give me the juice,” Gaia immediately nodded vigorously and disappeared into the kitchen with Riel tucked under her arm.

“So you’re finally willing to listen to what I have to say?”

“Well… not exactly.”

Meanwhile, as expected of a professional diplomat.

It was quite impressive how quickly she could read the heart of an ordinary Korean adolescent (not) like me.

And shortly after.

“H-Here it is!”

On top of the clinking ice was a… smoothie loaded with all kinds of fruits and toppings that would be commonly seen on Instagram in my previous life.

I couldn’t hide my bewilderment at its appearance.

“Gaia, what is this…?”

“Ehehe, M-Minister asked for something different, so I put in some effort…!”

The extra-large “drink” topped with all kinds of whipped cream… no, ice cream and even cookies, seemed to make anyone who saw it feel queasy.

‘Ah, this is too overwhelming.’

But I wasn’t cruel or cold-hearted enough to ignore Gaia’s efforts.

“…Well, thank you. I’ll drink… no, I’ll eat it well.”

“Hehee.”

And for Ambassador Jamiya, she only served a smoothie made of blended ice and fruit without any special toppings.

“Thank you, I’ll enjoy it.”

“It’s nothing.”

‘Gaia, why are you doing this to me?’

Due to Gaia’s unintentional food torture.

Throughout my conversation with Ambassador Jamiya, I had to diligently scoop cream, ice, and drink into my mouth with a spoon.

“Now then, let’s start by discussing things step by step.”

“Yes.”

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It was quite a long story, but to summarize, it seemed that what the Prosnack home country wanted was definitely to maximize the element of surprise.

To be precise, the “ultra-large siege particle cannon” operation I had received reports about, as well as detailed operations to break through the Jon-Bernater Line or whatever it was.

Ambassador Jamiya speculated that all of these were to prevent their plans from being exposed.

“Does that really matter…?”

“As I don’t know much about military operations, I have nothing to say about that.”

Meanwhile, when I asked a question, she tried to brush it off by saying it wasn’t her area of expertise.

“…”

Seeing how she even tilted her head to the side and desperately avoided that topic.

It seemed clear that even to someone unfamiliar with the field, like Ambassador Jamiya claimed to be, something was definitely off.

“Then, as I’m not an expert in that area either, I’ll stop pursuing that line of questioning.”

Whatever the intentions of the Prosnack home country were, in the end, all that matters in this world is getting good results.

Even in the original game, no matter how diplomatically chaotic things got, if the player put in some effoooort, everything would quickly return to normal, wouldn’t it?

[Pause]

As my thoughts seemed to be getting longer, I immediately paused and continued to organize my thoughts.

For example, when an AI empire picked a fight, secretly hiring mercenaries or pirates with a lot of money to take them down, then providing resource support or creating overwhelming military power to make them control their anger…

‘…Is this effort or just being toxic?’

But Prosnack’s current problem was different.

Was it that the pioneer, the Ethernia Holy Empire, intervened faster than they expected?

Wasn’t the front line immediately stabilized by the ships that Ethernia threw to Kerzin under the pretext of “recyclable waste”?

‘If it weren’t for Ethernia’s intervention, the numerically inferior Kerzin Federal Army would have been pushed back at the Jon-Bernater Line… so I guess Prosnack’s actions aren’t completely incomprehensible.’

Besides, when you think about it, that wasn’t the only thing Prosnack had to hide from their ambassadors.

‘Bringing in the Fuxviet Federation, isn’t that essentially the same as a non-aggression pact?’

If this fact had been disclosed to the ambassadors of various countries and somehow leaked…

Instead of successfully destroying the Fuxviet Federal fleet that was going to support the Kerzin Federation as I had been reported…

It would have clearly ended up just forming a second front.

And if that happened, if the three eastern countries with surplus fleet power deployed even a “small” portion of their reserves to Kerzin’s Jon-Bernater Line…

It would naturally lead to accumulated damage for Prosnack, which was trying to break through an insane defensive line that was difficult to penetrate even with a 15:1 strategic advantage.

My conclusion was that they were trying not to show even a “small” gap…

‘Or maybe Prosnack just suddenly went stupid…’

Or, as in the actual game, the AI… no, in this case, the Supreme Commander suddenly had their brain flip and went crazy.

Anyway, since this was about the extent of the conclusion I could draw right now.

[Resume]

I unpaused again and decided to wrap up my conversation with Ambassador Jamiya.

“So you’re saying that you had no involvement in this matter, Ambassador Jamiya.”

“That’s correct. Of course, as we are also full of confusion about this matter… we plan to share additional information as soon as we establish connection with our home country.”

Thinking that was not bad, I nodded and continued to diligently scoop up the juice toppings that were still plentiful with my spoon.

But at that moment.

*Riiiiing!*

Along with a cheap sound effect, a notification came to my terminal, and immediately after.

I had to spray the red bean paste and my bewilderment into the air due to the report that made me doubt my eyes.