Coming into contact with the Sun Sect meant inevitably coming into contact with Ryan. Half an hour later, Ryan was seated together with this prince from Monarch City.
"Sun Chosen?"
Alistair looked at Ryan with a frown. In his eyes, the man before him did not look like clergy, but more like a noble he was familiar with.
"Your Highness."
Ryan gave an neither servile nor overbearing bow, then asked, "I heard from Knight Liam that you wished to borrow soldiers of the blazing sun?"
Alistair hesitated, then shook his head and said, "Not borrow. I came to ask you—aren't you hunting down those Bull-men?"
"Then why have they still been able to form an army?"
Ryan opened his mouth, wanting to answer with doctrine, but in the end he could not squeeze out any words. Finally, he replied in the manner of nobles.
"That seems to have nothing to do with you. We have our own pace for doing things."
"I can provide you with supplies. What I need now is for you to hurry up and deal with that Bull-men army. They've gotten involved in Nostria's war!"
Ryan remained unmoved and shook his head.
"Your Highness, the beginning and end of a war are very complicated matters. As for those Bull-men, we are not yet ready."
"What else is there to prepare? Gather your army and kill those Bull-men. That's all."
What he wanted was to deal with that army, so the Kingdom Remnants would have no force left to resist with.
"That is precisely what we need to consider, Your Highness."
Ryan did not refuse outright, but neither did he agree.
Ryan's purpose in lending the Bull-men army to Slate had been to train troops. Now that matters had developed to this point, Ryan also had to