"You should be worrying about that knight instead."
Fumizuki said irritably.
She had a point. Wei Yenwu was deeply troubled as well. It was genuinely frightening for one person to wield that level of power. For a leader, it was equivalent to placing the region's development and one's own safety entirely on one side of the scales. And what was on the other side? The other party's moral conscience.
It was unequal. Far too unequal.
Still, thinking about it was just thinking about it. It was not as if he could wish her power out of existence.
"It's fine. Durandal is Yae Sakura's friend. Our little Ch'en is rather good at judging people, though I have no idea how someone with her personality managed to make friends. Apparently, the first time they met, little Ch'en tied her up and threw her into the Lungmen Guard Department detention center."
"Young people make friends in all sorts of strange ways. It's perfectly normal."
Wei Yenwu lowered his head in thought. "The first thing we need to ask about is the relationship between Yae Shrine and Durandal. Are they merely allies, or are they a community bound by fate? We urgently need to know that before having Ch'en respond."
"And then?"
"If I had to guess, their relationship is closer than we imagine. Yae Sakura never hid the fact that she traveled the world looking for representatives. Her role as an intermediary cannot be concealed no matter what. Ursus will send someone, but at the same time, they will never acknowledge the authenticity of that document. Whoever they send cannot openly possess an Ursus identity."
Wei Yenwu rubbed his head with one hand. Having to think about political matters so early in the morning was truly irritating.
"That will be when Lungmen shows