episode_0197

In response to the slightly changed situation, the princess and I looked into the number of cases in earnest. The Harb Kingdom will not just sign a treaty. The Harb Kingdom, which had been recklessly using hordes, will begin to use the strategy it originally intended to use. Now, they will make concessions one by one and will demand that the Empire accept them as well.

Of course, we plan to give some sweet candy to the Harb Kingdom. The elves decided to borrow the power of the empire to drive out the demons invading their territory. Since they agreed to cooperate with the empire on that condition, the Kingdom of Harb probably thinks it’s fair to get something in return.

A day later, the second meeting began.

“Why are you sitting?”

Ediran questioned the sight, which was quite different from yesterday. I was clearly standing next to her yesterday, but this time I was sitting next to Princess Asabel. It was clearly an expression of intention to participate in the talks.

“We are here to help Her Highness the Princess.”

“What is that… … .”

“The decision is made by Her Majesty the Princess, and I only assist. How about the princess keep at least one person from the kingdom by her side?”

He says that and asks Prenya to agree.

“What does the Great Guardian of the Elves think?”

“Umm… … .”

Since her points have already been reduced, Frenya seems displeased with me being here. It is natural since I have been the victim of sexual harassment openly.

“Don’t look at it that way. The main key to driving out the disaster in the Elven Kingdom lies with me.”

“What, what?”

“And I will probably be in charge of the dispatch sent from the empire. Thank you very much.”

In other words, I am the key person who will help the elves, so don’t hate me too much. How nice it would be if we got along so well.

“Princess. Is that really true?”

“Only the Count will be able to handle the elves’ requests most reliably and quickly.”

After Asabel proved my sincerity, Frenya had no choice but to accept me for the sake of the elves. Even though I didn’t like it, it was a natural choice considering the situation the elves were currently in.

“I understand.”

When the Elf representative said it was okay, Ediran had no choice but to acknowledge my presence.

“Then, let’s have one of our people sit down as well. Natasha.”

“Yes, yes?”

“Come.”

The orange-haired Natasha, who was just watching, was startled and came next to the princess. One of the drivers quickly went out and came back to get a chair. Natasha suddenly took on the role of assisting the princess.

… … Why Natasha?

He’s not smart.

When I glanced at Natasha, Ediran showed a shallow smile. Come to think of it, Natasha, who was with me yesterday, was called to Ediran. I think I probably made this decision to take advantage of my relationship with Natasha… … .

Anyway, I don’t know why.

“Then shall we start with the story we left off yesterday?”

Asabel announced the start of the meeting. You will soon find out why I had Natasha sit next to me.

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“Exactly half. If that’s the case, the empire won’t be too much of a problem, right?”

Ediran immediately attempted to correct the empire’s position. No matter what, I couldn’t give him a bundle of money equivalent to half a year’s budget. Moreover, we cannot give supplies blindly.

“Princess. Haven’t you forgotten the purpose of this meeting in the first place?”

Asabel began to open her mouth as prepared.

“War with demons. This is a meeting gathered for one purpose. Of course, that may not be the case, but we should mainly consider cases in which the kingdom suffers damage due to the treaty. It would be difficult to blindly ask for gold coins, supplies, etc. ”

“I made a concession, but you are saying the same thing as yesterday, so I am in trouble.”

Asabel and Ediran are specific figures. And we continued talking about how to do it, considering each and every detail. Even if Asabel gave him money, he doubted whether he would use it to properly stop the devil, and even if he gave him food, he drew the line that he couldn’t just give it too much. Empires also need to store food.

“How about doing it this way? Under the management of the empire, a defensive fortress will be built at a strategic location in the Kingdom of Harb where demons will invade.”

So Asabel proposed a more realistic plan. It meant that the Empire would help and strengthen the defense system of the Kingdom of Harb. If the defense power of the Harb Kingdom itself becomes stronger, it will be easier to defend against demons and even if the empire betrays them.

“The empire manages it?”

“Is there a problem?”

“Isn’t this rather a way to confirm the power of the Kingdom of Harb?”

“There are some useful people among the empire’s death row prisoners. I will give them away, so you can kill them when the construction is complete.”

It was said that there was a designer who was talented, but was building walls sloppily to save money. In the end, an accident occurred, causing serious casualties, and they are now imprisoned with the death penalty in mind. All you had to do was trick them into telling you that they would let you live if you did well, and then leave it to the kingdom to take care of it.

“Are you saying we should trust the death row inmate?”

“You know that the technology of the empire is superior to that of the kingdom. And we plan to provide workers in the empire as well.”

“… … There is no need to make the designer a prisoner. Please send someone more certain instead.”

“Oh. Does that mean you will accept these conditions?”

No matter how important security was, it was against common sense to bring in prisoners from another country’s empire. There must have been workers, but it was impossible to kill them all assuming they knew about the structure after construction. All that was needed was to ensure that the person sent by the empire focused only on the defense system and managed it well to prevent them from spying on anything else.

“And I hope that the empire will provide basic materials and funds to prepare for war.”

And Ediran hasn’t given up yet.

“The food harvested this year is not abundant in the kingdom. And unlike before, military and training activities have also been reduced. Wouldn’t we be able to grow much faster if the empire helped us?”

“… … Shall we listen?”

Since you just said that you will accept the conditions, what was cut in half earlier will also be reduced further. As long as it did not exceed the standards the Empire had set in mind, I was confident that I would gladly stamp it depending on how much it was reduced.

From now on, Asabel and Ediran began negotiations in earnest. We looked into each and every detail of how the empire would help, and also examined each and every clause of the treaty. She seemed a bit frustrated because she was a princess from a foreign country, but it turned out that Princess Eddy was good at diplomacy. Standing up to a strong empire was great, but the negotiation method of trying to get even one more thing was also great. This is because the momentum was pushed by me in the beginning, if I were on the other side… … Perhaps the empire wanted to form an alliance by accepting quite painful conditions.

The atmosphere is slowly coming to an end.

“Is this enough?”

“I want you to know that the kingdom has also made quite a few concessions. ah… … .”

Ediran seems to have remembered something.

“Is it true that a new hero has emerged from the Empire?”

suddenly?

“… … yes. The rumors are true.”

Asabel glanced at me. And so did Natasha, who vaguely knew that the hero was me.

“Compared to the warrior Charlotte, I heard that the new hero belongs to the empire. Daron Dran. I think he said he was Count Dran… … Give him the right to be called by our kingdom.”

“It is the core power of the empire. Don’t you think it would be difficult to let him go like that?”

“That’s because I want to use it as a card to turn the tide in case of war. As you know, there are no people like Ariana, Catherine, Kelly, Charlotte the Hero, etc. in the kingdom? Even a saint.”

The names of people I knew well popped out.

“Although Count Catherine is a noble of the empire, the other people you mentioned do not listen to orders from the empire.”

“Charlotte and other saints are originally from the Empire. And I know that Mercenary King Kelly is in the empire.”

It seems that the kingdom has found out some information. It wasn’t something I had to hide, so it would have been easy to find out if I wanted to.

“Of course there are many talented people in the kingdom, but I am asking you to send warriors as reinforcements. When a war is unwinnable, the only person who can turn the tide is a hero or a hero.”

He is a hero who has just revealed himself. Even the empire had no idea how to use me. In any case, I was not included in the military force prepared to prepare for the Demon King’s army. It would be better to lend such an uncertain hero to the kingdom to fight against demons… … ?

Ediran cleverly exploited this gap.

“Princess. But it looks like you only heard about the hero, but didn’t find out what he looked like.”

“That’s right. But why is that… … .”

But what if you say something like that in front of the person involved?

“That hero is right in front of you.”

“Yes?”

“Hello.”

I relaxed my body by sitting in a comfortable sitting position.

“Daron Dran. This is the body that will become the warrior the princess spoke of.”

As I said before, my doctor has no choice but to be involved in the end.