Vol 2 Chapter 9 (1/2)
Even your life isn’t enough to atone for all the sins you’ve co Hua, what should I do?
Everyone’s heading towards death anyways, but would your death be enough to offset this hatred of mine?
Of course not! One h!
But you only have one life After I kill you, it’ll be gone
Even if I kill you, it won’t be enough And after you’re dead, I won’t have anyone to take revenge on…
―Cas
“Are you really not the one ants to kill the peace offerings to start another war?”
Zhan ∙ West ∙ Paladin stood in front of thein his study When he heard the question, he turned around and said angrily, “Chris! Aht beside you in the war all those years ago? I know better than anyone, better than you, how tragic and devastating that as! When Chakou fell, I was the one who led the re soldiers to escape The Danyas weren’t the only ones chasing us back then, Nightclaw and his pack were also following our trail Can you even iedies I’ve seen?”
In contrast to West’s anger, Chris said calo People often forget to learn from past lessons”
“There are soet your entire life,” West replied coldly
Looking at West’s chilly expression, Chris didn’t want to quarrel with hiize I simply can’t think of anyone else who has the power to do so like this Prince Edward isn’t an incoate the truth of thisthat
Upon hearing Chris’ apology, West caliuy, the one who never experienced the disasters of war”
Chris paused and looked at West He asked, “Do you ? The Qi Sheng Regi Even if a ere to happen, Andrew Xi Jiang would never be ordered to lead his regiment onto the battlefield He doesn’t have any battle achievements at all… Perhaps he wants to utilize the war to weaken the powers of Xialan and the Racing Flames?”
“That’s probably not the case” West frowned and continued, “His sons are all in the military One of them, Anselo, is a spiritmancer you’ve personally praised before If a war doesn’t happen, Anselo would never rise to the rank of Xi Jiang until his father dies Not to ulated these days Even if he’s a War Marshal, he would never be conferred a higher title if he doesn’t obtain any battle achievements”
Doesn’t the saht It was for this reason that he was suspicious of West for wanting to start a war Without war, soldiers had no way of obtaining any achieve to the her than War Marshal was impossible
Oas in the same situation as Anselo: both of them could only wait until their fathers retired from their positions before they the the new coiments However, even then, it’d still be iher than War Marshal
Although West treated his son harshly on the outside, Chris understood how he really felt on the inside West didn’t love Owen any less than he loved Mila, he was only expressing his love in a different way
West furrowed his brows and pondered the situation “The Danyas are h they don’t have any spirit physiques more than make up for that deficit Their only weakness is their food shortages However, they live and subsist off of war What they don’t have they can obtain by plundering But that isn’t the biggest problem…”
“If another war starts between our two countries, would we be able to win again?” Chris murmured
“We both know the answer to that question!” West continued a bit angrily, “No one knows better than us the real reason why the Danyas haven’t started another war these twenty years! If they hadn’t been scared out of their wits back then, ould those belligerent Danyas be willing to maintain peace for these twenty years!”
“The Danyas weren’t the only ones scared out their wits,” Chris said simply “I was also scared out of my wits”
If soht he was telling a joke How could there have been anything that could’ve scared the calm and collected Commander Chris out of his wits?
However, West knew thethe truth He said seriously, “If another war starts, scaring the Danyas out of their wits again would be impossible as we don’t have…”
West trailed off He didn’t knoords he should use to describe… Her
“Gong Hua” Chris finished the other’s sentence and added, “Even if you’re scared of her, don’t avoid her name The Danyas were so afraid of her power that they haven’t invaded us for twenty years They’re terrified of coain…her poas that dreadful”
“It’s fortunate that they don’t knoe’ve lost Gong Hua,” West replied, but felt soreed to her execution?”
“No!” Chris immediately shook his head and refuted the clai her powers back then It’s the same now That sort of power shouldn’t be controlled by anyone”
“If Owen hadn’t brought Gong Hua beforeFlaiment wouldn’t have fared any better!” The Owen that West mentioned obviously wasn’t his son, but an old friend who had already passed away
Chris quieted when he heard West He couldn’t deny that if it hadn’t been for Gong Hua, Zhan Yan ht have fallen into Danya’s hands… No, it would bewould have suffered devastating losses The way the Danyas were fighting back then, it didn’t see Zhan Yan
Gong Hua had only slaughtered around ten thousand Danyas For a continental war, that nuh to turn the war towards Zhan Yan’s favor When the war first started, the Racing Flames had lost sixty thousand soldiers Co Hua killed wasn’t a large nu Hua had done was plant the seed of fear in the Danyas’ hearts
For soldiers to hter their enemies, their enemies had to be at least so up the battlefield like she wasthe yard
Even if Chris didn’t approve of using Gong Hua’s powers, he had stayed silent when West sent her onto the battlefield In a way, that was tacit approval If Gong Hua were to be sent onto the battlefield, then thousands, or even tens of thousands of soldiers could be saved froeneral of the arnore
“I don’t want another war, Chris The fact that I’m in the pro-war faction is only a front for the public,” West said quietly “Even if Owen never obtains any battle achievements or receives any rises in ranks or titles, at least that’s better than sending him to die on the battlefield The Danyas aren’t easy opponents Not tolies to our West and North Much of Dashi+ is covered with deserts and Yi Shuang is permanently covered with snow The way they covet the fertile Old Zhan Plains is like how an eagle has its eye on a fat rabbit Even if we ht decide to take advantage of e’re regrouping to invade”
“Whether ant another war or not, the final decision lies in His Majesty the King’s hands,” Chris replied soleht back even if ainstdeclares war, then as a solider, it’s my duty to become his sword and cut down his enemies!”
“Your stubborn vieill attract you a horde of enemies!” West replied as he shook his head
Chris s’s sword As for whether it’s an appropriate ti”
“Well, what an easy job you chose!” West said irritably “If Andrew ever coeme”
Chris smiled and said, “Why would that be a problem? Since when have I not supported you? If you really are pro-war, then I ht hesitate a bit But if you advocate for peace, then I won’t hesitate at all”
West sh The two of theiht a war at all
“Truly, it seems like the Danyas weren’t the only ones ere scared out of their wits”
Yin Qie Zi expressionlessly walked down the hallway of the royal palace The people he passed by couldn’t resist glancing back at hilances had nothing to do with hiant outfit Owen had gifted hiant enough, so that definitely wasn’t the reason why he was attracting so much attention
The reason why people kept glancing at Yin Qie Zi was because the people strolling alongside hih status: Prince Edward, the only son of Warlord Paladin, and two others who had clamored to join them―Gawain and Anselo
All of the most important, powerful, and predeterathered around him! It would be odd if they didn’t attract any attention walking down the halls together However, the one who drew thethem was still Yin Qie Zi, mainly because he wasn’t a successor of the country It was like sorains amidst a feast of delicacies, but the coarse bun turned outthan any of the delicacies
It was a frustrating matter
Gawain made a point to frown at Yin Qie Zi the whole way down the halls while carrying on a whispered conversation with Prince Edward The onlookers didn’t even have to think to knoho about
Yin Qie Zi’s expression was as hostile as it could’ve been Gawain and Anselo frowned at his reaction, while Owen seemed surprised that Yin Qie Zi hadn’t decided to turn around and leave The spirit binder was definitely getting better at restraining himself
Besides Yin Qie Zi, Edas also hly occupied with the matter of assassins these past few days, but now these four were nosing in, wanting a piece of the fun by saying that they were going to protect the Leaves Although they were all strong fighters, their faer than their own personal strength It’d be troubleso to any one of theuards for the Leaves?
Yin Qie Zi was probably the only person Edward could use out of the four At least Yin Qie Zi wasn’t an heir to a large faest out of all of the were to happen to Yin Qie Zi, Mila would probably have his head in return
Though the other three couldn’t be used as bodyguards, they could be used to scout out the movements of the powerful factions within the country That was one reason why Edward hadn’t outwardly rejected the The best way to learn of everyone’s intentions concerning the loo as to use these loose-
Yin Qie Zi suddenly stopped and turned around to regard the others He said coldly, “I want to go and pick out a Leaf alone I won’t trouble you all with following me anymore”
So he’s losing his temper after all? Owen nodded to himself This was how Yin Qie Zi should be!
“You―” Gawain expression froze He had meant to criticize Yin Qie Zi’s rudeness, but he sed his words after glancing at the prince standing beside hiet for criticis at someone in front of the prince
Edasn’t all that surprised at Yin Qie Zi’s reaction Although he had never seen the spirit binder lose his te about Yin Qie Zi for a whole year Because of that, he had thought of Yin Qie Zi as an odd person as both unreasonable and bad te Yin Qie Zi, however, he felt that the spirit binder wasn’t as unreasonable as Owen had made him out to be
“Are you selecting a male or a female?” Anselo suddenly spoke up
Yin Qie Zi turned to frown at Anselo He didn’t really understand this person who only had a thoroughly average appearance Prince Edward could be described as elegant, Owen as handsome, and even Gawain as cultured, but there wasn’t any sort of praise that could be used for Anselo He definitely wasn’t ugly, just average His pair of eyes were constantly narrowed, as if he were sraced his face
“Don’t tella feood”
“What’s not good about it?” Yin Qie Zi replied coldly “Isn’t it even better to pick out a female and make Mila jealous?”
Gawain’s smile froze on his face He didn’t expect Yin Qie Zi to h that he couldn’t pretend that this whole exchange didn’t happen
Owen is over “Gawain, this is just Yin Qie Zi’s personality! I’ve been er by him many times already Don’t mind him!”