At this point, if they didn't work together in earnest and fight side by side at least once, it seemed there'd be no way to back out. So the two sides agreed to assemble by the big lake in two hours.
However, after Long Yuan left, Miss Selu still said to her superior, "Sir, I think there's definitely something fishy about this! This has to be a Terran plot!"
"But he wasn't a Terran. Yellow eyes, green hair—that's a textbook Tirillo."
"I see! A Tirillo serving in the Commonwealth, of all places—what an incorrigible Tirillo traitor!" The viscountess flew into a rage.
"You're going a bit too far there. Tirillo had been immigrating to Earth for generations before the Commonwealth became independent. Quite a few Imperials stood with Victoria Lee back then, too." Sobaek sighed. "Isn't our side the same? Plenty of knights and nobles were born on Earth. We've even had marshals and princes who came from there."
"Mm. That just goes to show that plenty of Terrans understand who truly represents humanity's future and honor. Some people choose to fall into depravity, while others are willing to embrace the light," the viscountess said.
That wasn't just a double standard. It was sheer partisanship.
Sobaek felt that the conversation was heading into dangerous territory. He also had no grounds to disparage her simple patriotism, so he could only change the subject. "So, what do you think they're really after?"
Miss Selu actually gave it some serious thought before replying, "Right! Didn't he say they were waiting for reinforcements? We're the reinforcements, so doesn't that mean they got here first? Sir, this continental landmass only opened up the day before yesterday. By making that offer, aren't they trying to claim first discovery for the Commonwealth? And this unknown animal—even if