"You must have misunderstood me. I wasn't doubting you, and you shouldn't hold this against me. I admire you greatly as well. It's simply that the timing isn't right, so I can't make you my general."
"If there's a better opportunity someday, I'll certainly give it to you. But now is definitely not the right time. You must understand and respect my decision."
From the monarch's manner of speaking from the very beginning, Uchiha Hikaru could tell that he was highly articulate. Otherwise, Hikaru did not think the monarch could have remained in his position for so long.
Although the monarch handled such matters very well, what he had done to the common people was truly inhumane. Hikaru had also noticed that he often suppressed and slandered the close ministers around him.
He was also extremely irritable and difficult over matters around him. Uchiha Hikaru felt that someone like this was rotten by nature. No matter how well he treated those he wished to curry favor with, it would be of no use.
Someone with such character truly deserved a lesson. But Uchiha Hikaru understood very well that now was not the time. He would have to wait a little longer.
"I understand, I understand. How could I not understand? I only mean that my character and integrity are entirely trustworthy. What you've done truly hurts me somewhat."
"And you know this isn't the first time I've made such a request of you. I've spoken to you about it time and again, which proves that I certainly possess the ability. Yet you still refuse to give me this opportunity. Do you think my patience is limitless?"
"Although I cared deeply for my adoptive father, so I never went anywhere these past years and stayed properly by my father's side, I