Volume 4 Chapter 21 (1/2)
Chapter 4 Episode 21
Editors : Starbuck11, Kev
”Do you really think ould do such a thing?! Are you do such humiliation!”
It was ht, a tih voice resounded inside one of the rooms within the royal castle
It was a voice filled with fury, the roar of a lion whose pride was being hurt
Grahart stared at Ryouer
Julianus had intentionally ordered the people to eh the voice was they had unintentionally turned theirhis eyes toward the door
That big voice was certainly suited for someone as used to co private talk
Bitter s next to Ryou on the left of Grahart
”This was never about can or cannot In fact, there is no other way Or do you want to be destroyed by Ortomea just like this?”
Ryou all of Grahart anger
”What are you saying?! We have not lostto anyone yet! In the first place, your proposal is an eht lose, but not if we have Rozeria and Mist Kingdoht the other two countries would accept your proposal, then you're insane!”
”Well, that is indeed true Then, Grahart-san, do you have another way for us to win this war? There are several methods if you just want to delay the extinction of your nation for a few years, but if you want to save the Zalda Kingdom and win Then there is no other way”
”That is the purpose of the war council, to discuss this kind of things! Look at you, at that time you only kept silent in the corner of the room, and now you act all i due to Elena-sama reputation, but I think I cannot allow this to continue anymore! This is only a waste of time Please return to your room”
Grahart turned his face toward Julianus and urged him to leave
However, Julianus replied while stroking his white beard, and narrowing his eyes
”Well, wait, Grahart We finally h all the troubles Let's not rush to a conclusion”
Listening to Ryoureat effort
Thus the King thought it was no good if they ended thehalf-way
”However, your majesty This man’s proposal is only a pipe dream First of all, if we do it the way he said, our nation would end up beco the possession of ErnestGora instead”
However, what Julianus said after that was a surprise even for Grahart
”Isn't that fine, Grahart ?”
After he said those words, silence ruled the room
Even Elena could not hide her surprised expression
”Y-Your majesty”
”What are you surprised about? If we stay just like this, ill end up as Ortomea Empire's vassal state, if not that, the only other way is to lead my people to an honorable death Either way, the result will not change much from that If that is the case then, why not choose to be a vassal state to the one with the better condition”
If they fought until the end, then Zalda Kingdom's land would fall into ruin
The lives of the people would also fall into ruin
That also applied even if the Zalda Kingdootiation
After all, a as always filled with economic activity
The more important the war expenditure they had to spend, the more money Ortomea Empire would squeeze next from Zalda who had become their vassal state
Every year, they would've dedom for a hefty tribute
And also an unequal tariff rate
The difference hether they choose instant or slow death, no matter which one Zalda choose, their situation remained the same
But, that was not because Ortomea Empire was an evil state either
After all, they also understood that their country would end up falling if they did not recover the cost of war from somewhere -
”Beco ErnestGora's vassal state isnot a probleless if we ended up with a situation that is siht?”
Toward Julianus question, Ryouma nodded his head
Ryouma also understood that was a question that naturally would come out
”That was the reason why I had asked to gather the representatives frodo, what I suggested was not to become a vassal state, but an alliance of four countries with ErnestGora at the top But then again, I can also understand, and it was also not co if you mistook this action as to become their vassal state”
”The thing I don't understand the most is that! Why do we have to involve another country in our circuer after the battle of Notiz Plain to encourage them to participate in the war But look at the result, one year has passed but they never moved I do not believe that your plan can be realized”
Grahart bites at Ryouain
His wordsthe plan, but his words were also not wrong
(Geez Why won't you listen to so? Mikhail also did the same as him Is this due to their occupation?)
Ryouhed hard
Although Grahart was not wrong, Ryouma had also drawn the plan after many considerations
If people listened to so, then most would come to understand each other, but most people would become irritated the ht open and then they would refuse to listen further
It ht be understandable since Grahart wanted to protect his country so much, but Ryouma's patience also had run out
(In the first place, isn't this because of your incompetence that here I ended up as a reinforcement? After all, the defeat of the Notiz Plain was also because you people had fallen into the eneuys don't like my plan, then clean up your own mess by yourself!)
For Ryoudom to survive
If the Zalda Kingdom fell here, the Ortomea Empire would overrun the Eastern countries like an avalanche
The Mist Kingdo econodom which had not yet recovered from last year civil ouldn’t be able to survive
Or rather, since Lupis policy was not functioning properly, the situation within the Rozeria Kingdoht be worse than last year
Under such circumstances, there was no way they could handle another problem
For Ryouma, he had racked his brain out just to think of a way out of this desperate situation
Nevertheless, he could not forgive so his plan to the point that it instigates Julianus to stand up
Dark flaan to burn inside Ryouma's heart
And they were gradually eating Ryouma's reason
(Fine then, should I murder you?)