"Arcane Tower Federation and the Kingdom of Thousand Springs have formed an alliance?" Upon receiving the news, Sui Xiong could not help but freeze. "This... is a bit absurd!"
He knew all about what had happened back then. The Kingdom of Thousand Springs had wanted to use a large-scale teleportation array to launch a surprise attack and invade their enemies. If the Arcane Tower Federation had not sent legendary mages to exact vicious revenge and drop a meteor or two on them, that would already have counted as magnanimous. How could they turn around and form an alliance with them instead?
Was this some kind of legendary syndrome where someone got abused and then fell in love with their abuser?
Sui Xiong found it utterly unbelievable, so he went to find Easter.
Easter calmly listened to his account, thought for a moment, and said, "It is not actually that strange."
"What? Not strange?" Sui Xiong asked in bewilderment. "How is it not strange? The Arcane Tower Federation and the Kingdom of Thousand Springs are enemies! If you had not successfully sent the news back then, they would have suffered a huge loss!"
"But in the end, they did not suffer any loss," Easter said. "People are like that. If they do not truly lose anything, they will not truly hold a grudge. Besides, even if they did suffer a loss, so what? There is a saying—I do not know whether you have heard it: 'As long as the price is high enough, even parents and children can be sold.'"
Sui Xiong frowned. "That is utterly shameless!"
"What is integrity? How much can it be sold for?" Easter said with a smile. "That is how politics works. It has never changed, from ancient times to the present."
"But... aren't the leaders