Chapter 196 – Chapter 196 – The Princess of Habu Kingdom
After briefly greeting each other, the meeting began immediately. It started with a friendly atmosphere. Frenya, Ediran, and Asabel were all beautiful women, so there was no room for them to be hideous.
… And I see that all three are women.
“You must have known that the Demon King’s invasion was planned for the Elves and the Harve Kingdom as well.”
First of all, it starts with the mention of a common enemy. Even if we were originally fighting, if a common enemy appears, it makes sense to cooperate.
“Right. Currently, the Demon King is doing dog-like things in our territory as well.”
Grinding Frenja’s teeth, he thought of the demons still residing in the land of the elves.
“In our Harve Kingdom, there is no particular… It never happened.”
Edran Harma. Being also the princess of her kingdom, she smiled and said that there was no harm on her part. Couldn’t it be? Based on the information the princess had given her, several cases of demons had recently occurred in the Habu Kingdom as well. That, apparently, we have nothing to lose if we don’t—it sounds like a nuance. In fact, in order to gain the upper hand in negotiations, the kingdom is said to have put an iron plate in front of its head, saying that there is no damage.
“It’s different from what I’ve known…”
“Oh. It happened in my kingdom… I’m a little surprised to hear that the imperial princess knows something else.”
The two women still had their smiles on their lips. Ediran’s ulterior motive is that he can see the inside, but he can’t hold on to it. Asabel would know. But first of all, I had to be patient in order not to ruin this atmosphere.
“Still, even in the kingdom, you must have recognized that the demon king has an intention to rule this world.”
“Yes. That is also acknowledged by our Harve Kingdom.”
“That’s why I said that we should cooperate and prepare for the demon lord. Do you know?”
“I agree that you need to be prepared. But… Do we really need to cooperate?”
“Princess Ediran.”
Asabel turned her head towards her Prenya.
“Princess. In the case of the Elven Kingdom, we agreed to cooperate with the Empire on the condition that we drive out the forest demon forces together.”
“Hmm. A fairly unequal treaty?”
“No. It was a pretty good provision for us elves.”
Instead of Asabel, Frenya answered.
“Ah… Is that so.”
Right now, Ediran must be feeling sorry for Frenya on the inside. She would have more to extract from the empire if she helped her, but she sided with her empire.
“Our empire would not have asked for a one-sided relationship.”
Horizontal relationship. This was the basic foundation laid by the Gaia Empire to firmly accept cooperation from other countries. It was not simply asking for strength from the Gaia Empire, but it was a treaty that would be implemented flexibly according to the invasion of the Demon King’s army, such as sending each other necessary supplies or sending troops. For example, if the demon king launches a concentrated attack on the kingdom, the empire decides to send supplies and troops to the kingdom.
“But what is the problem? Let’s listen to it once.”
“I already informed you of the kingdom’s additional requirements in advance.”
“Did you think the Empire would accept that outrageous demand?”
“The Harve Kingdom has no reason to yield.”
“Princess. It’s the devil. Isn’t it simply to take advantage of the yard where we have to cooperate with each other to prepare?”
“You are very rude right now!”
Asabel couldn’t be more pissed off, but Edi Ran raised her voice in a fit of rage. I wouldn’t be really angry. However, this one thing seemed to increase the appeal.
“I think it’s natural to share information about the Demon King’s army with each other. However, in times of war, we send troops to the empire, or provide some supplies… Is it necessary?”
“The continent is in crisis, isn’t it the right reason to do so?”
“Before that, the Empire and the Kingdom fought several wars until decades ago. But let’s make an alliance just because the demon king suddenly appeared? It is the Empire that needs allies, not our kingdom!”
“If the empire collapses, the kingdom will also collapse, right?”
“No? The Harve Kingdom is not that weak.”
Ediran did not hesitate even in front of her princess, who said that she might become the next emperor. You know she’s holding out for her country’s good, but… Isn’t that too tight?
“To be honest… We plan to stop the demon king’s army, which has lost its power in the empire. If we help the empire for no reason and the demon king’s army attacks when our kingdom is helpless… What can I do? And is there any guarantee that the Empire will not attack the Kingdom right after the war?”
Do you have the energy to do that in the first place? Even if you win an empire or a kingdom or a war, you will be busy restoring the destroyed land again.
“That’s why I want to make sure of the kingdom. If the Empire shows sincerity first… I am willing to accept it.”
If the sincerity is replaced with money, it is said that it is the budget of the empire for one year. I’m going to cooperate, but I’m going to take that huge benefit first? It’s nonsense.
“Your Highness the Princess.”
“Huh?”
“The position of the Harve Kingdom does not change, and our empire cannot retreat… Can’t you help it?”
“Count. What are you talking about?”
The person who now intervenes between the three and smirkingly expresses his opinion to the princess. That was me
“Union except the kingdom. That should be enough.”
“Hey. What are you doing by suddenly interfering?”
No matter what Ediran said, I continued until the end. Edyran, who was smiling fiercely, was very cute.
“The kingdom… Just leave it to fight the demon king army alone.”
“Are you ignoring Jae?”
In a word, let’s leave the kingdom of Harb to perish by itself. Since the Empire requested it first, the Harve Kingdom must have rolled its head quite a bit. Perhaps the empire was in a hurry, so he was going to use it to get the most out of it and accept the two alliances that he couldn’t help it.
The empire did not immediately agree to the staggering conditions that the kingdom first presented. I know that, but it must have been the judgment that if I set it big from the beginning, I would be able to extract the maximum benefit by pretending to make a little concession later.
“Princess Edyran. If we don’t agree with each other, can’t we just not do it?”
“What are you talking about? We need to coordinate our opinions.”
“It didn’t seem like there was any intention to coordinate things like that, but…”
Participating in the meeting in the first place meant that the kingdom was also willing to form an alliance. But I was too greedy.
“I was going to do this from now on.”
“Looking at it, it didn’t look like that at all.”
“Didn’t we talk about our position first? And that one? Looking at it earlier, he seems to be an imperial count, isn’t that very rude to a country’s princess?”
Eddy Ran started to argue with her princess, using her social status as an excuse to give me a face.
“Princess Asabel. Is this the right situation?”
“It’s the count of the empire, not the count of the kingdom.”
Nice. Just as she seemed rather amused when I expressed my opinion, Princess Asabel helped me.
“I didn’t even allow it in the first place, but you intervened on your own. No matter how county…”
“Princess. I think the count is right. That’s why I don’t dry it.”
“That means… Are you going to make it something that didn’t happen? This meeting?”
“If you keep asking for things that don’t make sense, wouldn’t there be a reason to continue the talks?”
The initiative, which had been briefly passed over, returned to the Empire again. Asabel doesn’t miss this opportunity and pushes Ediran.
“… Let’s give each one a little more time to think.”
Ediran jumped up and left the meeting room first. Fernya shook her head at the human diplomatic battle and stood up.
“Majesty. Didn’t I intervene for no reason?”
“No. It’s like an earl too. Thanks to that, he accurately grasped the kingdom’s true intentions, so it’s like he’s made a small contribution.”
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“Yeah. Also Daron Dran. You said you were sick in front of a foreign princess?”
“How do you know that?”
“I heard the soldiers in the meeting room talking.”
Kelly gave me a thumbs up. The story of my heroic feat, which took hold of the situation that the princess of the kingdom of Harb was trying to lead, was going up and down from the mouth of the empire. The kingdom side seems to be glaring at me, but…
“Hey. Count!”
“Oh. Hi.”
This time she looked at me from Natasha’s side. Natasha was also present at the meeting just now.
“Was it nice?”
“Right now, Princess Ediran is grinding her teeth because of you alone.”
“Oh yeah?”
“It’s so peaceful. If you don’t mind, something might happen in the kingdom!”
Natasha quickly forgot her fear of me earlier.
“Natasha.”
“Huh?”
“Are you worried about me, not the princess?”
“Hick.”
It was probably not conscious. Natyashana slightly distanced herself and clung to Fizz’s side. Fizz tried to push the unstoppable Natasha in front of me again, but Natasha swayed and refused to come out.
“Thank you anyway.”
“Joy. I just didn’t like the princess.”
“Lady Natasha is not very fond of in the royal family.”
I could understand it because Fizz explained it roughly. Perhaps in the eyes of royalty, Natasha would look like a mongrel mixed with royal blood and dirty blood? It seemed that Edyran would treat Natasha coldly as well.
Just then, I hear a voice calling for Natasha from the other side.
“Miss.”
“Madam… Did Princess Eddy see you with her?”
“It won’t be a big deal.”
I’ve already been insulted, but it wouldn’t look good to have Natasha, the royal side, with me.
“Natasha.”
“Why.”
She turned around and called Natasha back.
“If you have any trouble, tell me. I will solve it.”
At that, Natasha let out a hint of embarrassment. It’s not a big deal, but it’s clear that he was thrilled with my favor.
“Huh, that won’t happen.”
Natasha stuck her tongue out sweetly and she went straight back to the delegation to her kingdom.
