"The Keen Empire is willing to agree to an armistice with the Starfish Republic and sign a Peace Treaty, restoring friendly relations between our nations and ending this meaningless war."
This was the best news the Starfish president had heard since the war began.
The Starfish Republic had been stretched thin and was still losing ground, yet at this critical moment, the Keen Empire, which had been relentlessly pressing its attack, unexpectedly backed off!
They sent an envoy to request an armistice with the Starfish Republic and end the war between them.
Strictly speaking, the two sides were not legally at war. The Keen Empire's fleets had nominally been hired by the Habinte Unified Worlds to join the fighting.
But by this point, practically no one cared about that justification anymore. The two sides were engaged in armed conflict in fact, and that was reason enough.
It was like the transition from the Spring and Autumn period to the Warring States period. None of the nations still observed the interstellar Rites of Zhou that Xi Yan had taken the lead in establishing years ago-not even Xi Yan himself.
The interstellar Rites of Zhou that Xi Yan had established in the Sea of Stars Community had indeed protected him in the early days. Now, as the Empire grew stronger, that outdated ritual order no longer suited the ever-changing world situation.
Just as now, the Keen Empire had abruptly withdrawn from the war and was preparing to sign a Peace Treaty without notifying Habinte.
The Starfish Republic was astonished, puzzled as to why the Keen Empire had chosen to end the war when everything was going so well for it.
"Adasi is sorry. When it comes to the Empire's internal affairs, I must be as deaf and mute as someone who cannot