The envoys from Monarch City and the count's cities in the South parted on bad terms.
And as the number of conflicts increased, the envoy groups actually did manage to find something.
"Remnants of the kingdom?!!!"
Their eyes fixed on the count's city ahead, but the envoy group had no intention of going back inside.
"Damn it, why are there still remnants of the Sun Kingdom?"
"Is it possible they're lying to us?"
"Impossible. The nobles wouldn't joke about something like this. Besides, the fact that they're covering it up means it might be true." "But we got the information from the Bull-men. Those savages are all called madmen. They have no credibility."
"Then we'll find the evidence!"
"That would put us in danger. Of course, that's not the most important part. The most important part is that we don't have the manpower."
They looked at one another. They had come on behalf of the Crown Prince, yet there were very few of them. On one hand, Monarch City needed people; on the other, many had died in the previous battle.
"No. We have plenty of manpower."
"So what if they're remnants of the kingdom? The count's cities on this land would never dare openly betray the Holy Flame Empire or betray the king. We came on behalf of Monarch City. If they dare refuse us troops, then... they can be regarded as traitors."
"As long as they can't bear the charge of betrayal..."
"They'll have no choice but to satisfy our request in the name of 'searching for the surviving remnants of the kingdom's descendants.'"
"We might even be able to use this to make them loyal to His Highness."
"Multiple gains in one move."
The envoys, who had been running into walls everywhere, seemed to have pushed aside