After receiving Nadjeta's invitation through Mine, Fang Zheng honestly had no desire to waste his time. But considering that she had sent him three useful subordinates, he agreed to meet Nadjeta out of courtesy.
"If you're here to persuade me to cooperate with the Revolutionary Army, save it."
That was the first thing Fang Zheng said upon meeting Nadjeta.
Faced with Fang Zheng's blunt response, Nadjeta's expression stiffened slightly. Then she gave a dry laugh, opened the bottle beside her, and poured him a glass of wine.
"It seems you have quite a large grievance against the Revolutionary Army?"
"The only reason I agreed to see you is because Night Raid and we have had a fairly good relationship. But as for the Revolutionary Army... sorry, you should be grateful that we aren't fighting for the Empire. Otherwise, we'd have found time to deal with people who give away territory and collude with foreign powers for fame and authority long ago."
"There was no other choice..."
Nadjeta couldn't help trying to defend herself.
"Our Revolutionary Army is weak, after all, and..."
Before Nadjeta could finish, Fang Zheng coldly cut her off.
"There was no other choice, so you colluded with foreign powers? Gave away territory? Miss Nadjeta, I heard you were once a general of the Empire. Then why did you betray the Empire and join the Revolutionary Army?"
"...As you said, I was once Esdeath's adjutant. But I witnessed the Empire's bloody slaughter of the foreign tribes. I simply couldn't accept such cruelty, so I left the Empire and joined the Revolutionary Army."
"But aren't the things you're doing now exactly the same?"
Fang Zheng chuckled and leaned back in his chair. Nadjeta fell silent for a moment, then reached for her wineglass.
"I understand what you mean. I've