Popper and Walder quickly followed when they saw this.
"Your Highness, how should we proceed next?" Popper asked.
Tobias replied in a deep voice, "Change the previous plan. Since they have openly refused me, there is no need to pay attention to them. However, we cannot offend them either. I have no desire to face the Duke of Moravia."
"Your Highness, do we still need to pay a visit to Lady Audrey, Governor of Cadro Province?" Walder looked at Tobias and voiced his question.
"Yes. Deliver a gift on my behalf to convey my intentions. Ask her for three important positions in the Provincial Capital."
"Oh, right." Tobias stopped and turned to instruct Walder. "Prudence has planted people within the delegation. Do not alert his spies."
"The First Prince planted people there? That seems unlikely!" Walder said uncertainly.
Popper chimed in, "Your Highness, Prince Prudence should not have been able to place people within the diplomatic team. After all, we investigated all of those candidates. There should not be any surprises."
The corner of Tobias's mouth lifted slightly. "Your tone is uncertain, which means you cannot be completely certain whether my elder brother's spies are among them."
"This... Your Highness, please forgive my foolishness." Popper lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
"I am not certain either," Tobias said calmly. "So assume there are infiltrators among them. Anyone you cannot trust completely must be viewed with suspicion."
"Understood," the two replied with lowered heads.
"Send an invitation to Heilder Ister Enichi, the eldest grandson of Duke Ister. I wish to meet this man known as the Cunning Red Fox."
"Yes." Popper lowered his head in reply.
Three days later, several hundred people arrived at the border between Missian Town, Wanfeng Town, and Bede Town.
A blond young man approached the