At this moment, Harinod was completely baffled. He was just an ordinary messenger—was there really any need to elevate him so highly?
Harinod even felt that even if the lord of Eternal Sun Royal City had come in person, he might not have received such treatment.
So Harinod had been wondering all along: what question did he want to ask him? What information could possibly be worth a fortune?
"Since you have put it that way, sir, then I'll ask directly." The city lord looked at Harinod.
Harinod had also made all the necessary mental preparations.
Harinod nodded. "Ask whatever you want. As long as I know the answer, I'll tell you the truth."
"You came here mainly because the lord of the royal city wanted to test our country's attitude toward this war," the city lord said.
"So what kind of attitude should we express now?" the city lord asked Harinod.
So that was what he was worried about.
Harinod now understood the issue. He had spent so long trying to persuade him, but it turned out that the city lord had never believed him from the very beginning.
The city lord had always believed that everything Harinod said had been deliberately instructed by the lord of Eternal Sun Royal City, meant to test his country's stance.
That was why he had been so worried, even willing to give Harinod so many gold coins in exchange for the truth.
"You should be able to see what I think from the fact that I never asked you for those gold coins," Harinod said.
"Everything I told you came entirely from my own wishes. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the lord of Eternal Sun Royal City, and he doesn't even know about what I'm telling you now," Harinod said.