Ch.259This is the peace of our time. (3)

# Chapter 259: This Is the Peace of Our Time. (3)

“Ho ho ho ho ho.”

“Ha ha ha ha ha.”

-Crack! Crack!

“My, you have quite a strong grip.”

“The same goes for you, haha.”

Of course, even during the peace negotiations, the psychological warfare between the two powers continued.

“Now everyone smile, smile~”

With the arrival of the Galactic Federation’s peace monitoring team, the peace agreement between the Fuxviet and ISTO began to gain momentum.

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A few days later.

While enjoying my usual delightful and exciting life as an office slave in the Diplomatic Enforcement Ministry office.

“Minister, about the peace agreement you mentioned earlier.”

“Ah, it’s about time we heard something.”

Riel handed me a piece of paper rather than a terminal.

I realized it was the peace treaty document and tried to check its contents.

But just as I grabbed the paper and was about to read it.

-Diririririring♬

[Time Pause]

With a subtly long notification sound, a new event message appeared before my eyes.

[Event: Peace Agreement Concluded Between ISTO and the Fuxviet Federation]

[From their establishment until now, all manner of slander, checks, and border provocations have continued between the two powers.]

[But with that ending today, species across the galaxy are breathing sighs of relief, feeling that another crisis of war has passed.]

[Of course, most have expressed doubts about when war might break out again, considering the Fuxviet Federation’s reliability.]

[However, when it became known that peace monitors directly from the Galactic Federation, along with military observers dispatched from the Seveli Empire, ISTO’s leader, would be stationed at the Fuxviet Federation’s border areas.]

[The suspicious gazes within ISTO disappeared, and public opinion genuinely celebrating the realization of this peace agreement began to emerge.]

[Peace Agreement between ISTO and the Fuxviet Federation confirmed.]

[Applied ‘Ceasefire Status’ characteristic to ISTO member nations and the Fuxviet Federation (Unable to enter war status or close borders with opposing nations for 10 years)]

[Holy Seveli Empire’s dominance within ISTO +10]

‘Successful indeed.’

I was secretly pleased that the ceasefire period was given as 10 years, when I had expected about 5 years.

After all, my positive response to the ceasefire negotiations was partly due to concerns about being backstabbed during the Sun Emperor raid.

It was also to buy time to recover from the massive damage our side would inevitably suffer during the Sun Emperor raid.

If it’s 10 years, not just 5… while we might not recover the ‘experience’ of our fleet, couldn’t we at least restore its ‘quantitative scale’?

‘Good, good, this should be sufficient.’

After reading through it a couple more times to make sure I hadn’t missed anything.

[Time Pause Release]

I released the time pause and addressed Riel who was standing in front of me.

“Good, this means the Fuxviet issue is essentially over.”

“That’s right, now the Galactic Federation will handle our work for us.”

At Riel’s words, I nodded, recalling the Galactic Federation officials I had met recently.

“Indeed, they seemed even more enthusiastic than us who initiated the plan.”

Perhaps because they’re usually so pressured by public opinion and ignored.

When given the opportunity to show their presence, the Galactic Federation displayed quite an overflow of enthusiasm.

To what extent? To the point where they were already taking the lead in the peace agreement?

Thanks to that, I felt like I was running an auto-battle in a mobile game from my previous life while dealing with the major issue of advancing the peace agreement.

Anyway, as I realized that the long, drawn-out Fuxviet problem had been resolved.

“Phewwwww…”

I leaned back on my beloved sofa with a sigh of relief.

And as I took that comfortable position, Riel naturally headed toward the coffee pot installed in the office and said.

“Would you like some coffee?”

“Waiter, the usual.”

“You’ve picked up another useless thing, I see.”

While Riel was busy operating the coffee pot.

As I was feeling a sense of fulfillment, enjoying the sensation of the high-end sofa silently tilting to properly support my back and the coffee aroma gradually wafting over.

‘Ah, right.’

A thought suddenly crossed my mind, and while my body remained buried in the sofa.

I slightly tilted my head up and looked at Riel, who was using the coffee grinder as a mixer, and opened my mouth.

“…By the way, the Fuxviet doesn’t think we’re behind the space monster incident, right?”

Hearing my question.

-Grrrr, thud!

Riel showed me the coffee beans that had been turned into powder due to high-speed grinding and said.

“The concern you’re expressing, Minister, is like hoping to find intact coffee beans in the powder I just ground myself.”

“…”

Saying that, Riel grabbed a handful of powder and then.

As she loosened her grip and let it flow down, she clearly demonstrated what she meant—not even a ‘piece’ of a coffee bean remained, just as she had said.

Of course, seeing this, I got up from the sofa and simultaneously pulled out a manners injection rod from my pocket.

“You could have just said that with words, why did you have to turn my innocent coffee beans into powder?”

“Ah.”

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A little later.

-Slurp.

“Anyway, the important thing is that from the Fuxviet Federation’s perspective, they can’t know that we were involved in this incident at all.”

Nodding at the briefing from Riel, who now had a large bump on her head, I asked.

“You didn’t leave any evidence, did you?”

“What evidence could there be? We weren’t involved with the space monsters in the first place.”

Saying that, Riel pointed to the map on the office screen and continued.

“According to our intelligence network within the Fuxviet Federation, they actually think Prosnak did it.”

“…Why?”

At the unexpected mention of Prosnak, I recalled the fleets that Fleet Commander Fern`dus had brought back recently and showed a puzzled reaction.

“All Prosnak did was bring back the abandoned fleets, right?”

As I said this, I began to recall watching the Prosnak fleet’s return process in real-time.

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The elite 60,000-ship fleet, which was undergoing “dtuddai-ization” due to the aftermath of the mental control wave and abandonment by the Sun Emperor.

The dtuddai-ization had progressed so much that they couldn’t even maintain formation and were spreading in all directions like fragments of a s**t ball…

‘Everyone attention, I, your supreme commander, have arrived.’

‘Dtudda…dtu…Supreme Commander, sir?’

Perhaps because the Sun Emperor, intending to use the mental control wave, didn’t particularly change the purpose of the wave—’loyalty to Fern`dus’—

And operated while disguising himself as Fern`dus.

‘The, the Commander has appeared, everyone assemble!’

The moment the real Fern`dus boldly appeared with his fleet.

The state of those shouting “dtuddai” instantly normalized, and the fleet quickly assembled.

‘From now on, we return to our homeland, everyone pack up!’

‘Yes!’

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Contrary to my worries, they returned without any problems.

And naturally joined the new regime.

They were incorporated under Supreme Commander Samiya’s command and engaged in the usual fun and exciting border disputes with the Fuxviet fleet.

And to my question, Riel said.

“Most of it is just rumors, and it’s propaganda spread by the Fuxviet leadership to try to resolve the worsening situation caused by the space monsters…”

“What are they saying?”

“They’re saying it can’t be a coincidence that Eternia’s psionic veil was lifted, their fleet was lured and helplessly defeated by space monsters, and at the same time, they couldn’t withdraw their fleet from the border.”

After Riel’s straightforward explanation, I took a moment to contemplate.

“…After the space monster situation is resolved, the probability of the Fuxviet waging war against Prosnak seems very high.”

I suddenly realized that I had created a situation where the two massive powers might someday engage in all-out war.