Chapter 90 (2/2)

“I want to say one week sounds impossibleHowever…I cannot fathom the extent of your abilities, so I’ll have to trust in your words”

The king agonized over his decisionFor Artpe, it was enough that the king hadn’t immediately rejected his wordsArtpe was satisfied with his answer, so he continued to speak

“In return, you’ll have to agree to my small requestMy request won’t be burdensoreedy”

“If so, I would have to hear what this request is first”

Mmmm He was acceptableAs a ruler of a nation,He was quite splendidIf he was like the ignorant kings frory alreadyThe kings froet their hand dirty, so they would have shouted at their soldiers to ‘Catch that da wasn’t the probleer have to hear more froical energyI’m sure he is with Aedia!”

“How can you say that, sir EritardIf he ith Aedia, this ould have ended by nowHe wouldn’t go through all this trouble to talk with est proof that he isn’t with Aedia”

“King of Daitan!”

“Stop itLet’s hear hi on the opposite side of the generalHe spoke to the king of Daitan as an equal, so his identity was easy to discern

Artpe turned to look at hihtI am Duke EritardI am from the Dukedom of Tiata”

He hadn’t suspected it before when he entered the barracks, but both the rulers of Daitan and Tiata was present insideHe was thankful, since he didn’t have to travel to the Dukedohts

“I said I’ to undercut that deal?Are you really his ally?”

“You are powerful!What do you gain for allying with us!”

“What is it you want?”

“We want independence for our Dukedom!”

It was at thathis oords after hioal is the Forest of Eternity!”

“That’s right! Soon ill······ What!?”

The Duke nodded his head vigorously in agreement, but soon, his face stiffenedIn a flash, question marks and exclamation points popped up inside his headOne didn’t need to see inside his head to knohat he was thinking

“······Forest of Eternity? What is the , sir ZardI just becareed with his ridiculous words…”

“You spoke your real intentionSo what’s going to happen within the Forest of Eternity in the near future?······are you going to use the ic spell you prepared with Aedia over the years?”

“······!”

At Artpe’s continued interrogation, the Duke’s face turned whiteIf it was a simple lie, there was no reason why a ruler of a nation would be flustered by such words

“H…how…That······”

However, Artpe’s words struck homeIt was infor it out loudIt would have been strange if he hadn’t reacted at allHowever, Artpe’s words continued to pour out

“I know it allYes, you were probably the one thatof Daitan that you were pursuing your independenceIt’s a likely story, so Daitain joined forces with you to attack Aedia…However, your true intentions has nothing to do with independenceYou intentionally started a war, so there would be a gap in the border defenseThe Elves would take this opportunity to attack the Dukedoain an excuse that you can use to ‘justify’ your actions”

In his past life, a calamity had occurred within the Forest of EternityThe Elves wanted to regain complete freedom from the Dukedom of Tiata and AediaThe Elves would use the war as an opportunity to assemble their forcesHowever, Aedia and the Dukedom of Tiata pounced on this opportunity as if they had expected the Elves to act that wayThey brought their plan to fruition In short order, they took complete control of the World Tree

At the time, Aedia had received a lot of help from the hero, and the hero had trusted Aedia co of betrayal had been enorainst Aedia

This was the first incident where the hero had pointed her sword against a hudom with a rich historyEvery nation became afraid of the hero, and they refused to assist the heroIt was the worst result for the hero

After that incident, the hero’s fights becaician hadn’t joined her party, the hero’s adventure would have come to an end

However, events wouldn’t turn out like that this time around

“······sir Eritard?”

“Nno…It isn’t like that, sir Zard!”

Artpe had already a co of what happened in his past lifeOf course, there was a possibility that events would head towards the same path as his previous lifeHowever, his conversation and contract with Mycenae was proof that things wouldn’t head towards that direction

“You had no intentions of attacking Aedia in the first placeDidn’t Tiata draw you into this?”

“······you are right on that accountI rose to seat of power by causing a rebellionI needed to divert the hate and resentment towards me to an outside sourceSir Eritard’s offer was like a tiht”

“That is why you retracted your suspicion and hesitancyYou took up his offer”

“Shut up!”

The Duke of Tiata realized Artpe had taken control of the narrativeHe yelled out as he stood upHe looked as if he wanted to rip Artpe’s lips in pieces, but unfortunately, he wasof DaitanHe was trash co he could do wasof Daitan watched the Duke of Tiata, who couldn’t keep himself in control from the frustration he felt On the other side, there was ArtpeHe possessed power, and he had an attitude that said, ‘the powerful do not need to lie’Artpe’s words held more sway

“I don’t know or care about the Forest of EternityI do know the Elves live there, but that is the extent of oal of the Dukedom of Tiata isn’t their independenceYou think their true aim lies within the Forest of Eternity”

“You should think about why that atively to a powerful being that would end the war quickly?”

A beginning of a smile on Artpe’s lips deepenedHe extended one hand, and he subdued the Duke of Tiata with his Mana StringsThe Duke became immobile

“That bastard just wants to keep the ‘war’ going as long as possibleI’ve spell it out the situation to this extent, so you probably have a good idea of what is going on now”

“······”

As he traveled in the carriage, he had done iciansHe atteina, and he played with his party athered inforoing on in the war

In the end, he ca on for fivepassiveOn top of that, the dae caused by the war had been icianLet elo Zard, asked hidom to victory without the help of Tiata?”

“Will you believe me no matter what my answer is?”

“That······”

Artpe snorted as he spoke

“Just follow meI’ll let you see the truth with your own eyes”

The king of Daitan was embarrassed to admit, but he was a bit intimidated by Artpe’s forceful wordsStill, he had a presence of mind to realize that he had to answer the question presented to hihtWhatever you ask will less than the costs that will be incurred by AediaI will put my trust in youI will follow you”

“Deal”

Artpe grinned

It was the moment when the outcome of the as decided