"Your Grace, Marquis Landry is here to see you!"
Hearing Tom's words, Hudson was filled with confusion. Among the kingdom's many dukes, marquises, and counts, there was no such person.
Perhaps noticing this, Tom hurriedly added, "Marquis Landry was the Frankish Kingdom's former ambassador to the kingdom."
With that explanation, Hudson immediately returned to normal. It seemed he was not simply ignorant. What normal person would care about a former ambassador?
Once a person left office, their influence faded. That was the norm in diplomacy. No matter what background Marquis Landry had, once he no longer held the post of ambassador, he was nothing in the Alpha Kingdom.
"Take him to the reception room and treat him well. I'll be there shortly."
Hudson said expressionlessly.
Regardless of whether he carried any weight in the kingdom, the visitor was still a marquis. The proper courtesies could not be neglected.
His instincts told him that for a former ambassador to travel all the way from the Southern Continent, something major must have happened.
"Your Excellency, as far as I know, the kingdom does not oppose forming the Five Nations Alliance, and negotiations among the five nations have officially begun.
What everyone is debating now is the obligations each side must bear and the benefits each side will receive.
As long as contributions and returns are equal, I believe an alliance is only a matter of time. There is no need for us to do anything extra!"
Hudson said with a smile.
Far-sighted politicians all understood that, given the current situation on the continent, the formation of the Five Nations Alliance was inevitable. But the process was destined not to go smoothly.
An alliance was not merely a verbal declaration of friendship. It required the parties to assume military obligations and fulfill