Chapter 454 - Counter Use 2 (2/2)

“Welcome, King Luke.”

“Nice to meet you, Your Majesty.”

The two of them greeted each other and sat down. The attendants, who followed Luke, went to the empty seats while the others stood.

“I heard from Count Felipe that the Pope gave you the crown? I really envy you.”

“I have a personal connection with the Holy Empire. By the way, on the way here, it seemed like monsters and humans are living in harmony. It looked really nice and amazing.”

After a certain amount of time, Shaikan had proposed to sign a cooperation and mutual defense treaty with the two nations.

“A mutual defense treaty?”

“Exactly. In case the Baroque Empire wage war, the treaty will state that the other nation would actively help the other when under invasion. How is that?”

It was a bit worse than the Alliance treaty of attack and defense. However, the conditions weren’t bad.

In the end, both nations were created to overthrow the Baroque.

And once the Baroque Empire was removed, there would be no reason for the two to abide by the treaty.

Also, economic cooperation met the interests of the two nations as well.

There was much to exchange between the Libiya and Symphonia since one had too many plains and the other had too many rugged mountains.

“The trade between the two will have no taxes.”

At Luke’s words, Reichard seemed puzzled.

“You mean no tax at all?”

“That is right. We shouldn’t be burdening a comrade when the common enemy is Baroque, right?”

Shaikan, who contemplated briefly, nodded his head.

“Fine. Since we need to remove the thorns, let’s write the treaty right away.”

“Yes, let’s do that.”

After the agreement, the two Kings started with the documentation.

The terms and clauses were all included in the documents of both sides.

After confirming the drafted document, Luke and Shaikan signed on both sheets with their seals.

“And with this, we have now become allies. Tonight, we will have a party to celebrate this, so please make a room for King Luke.”

“Sure. But before that, I have something that I personally want to share with His Majesty.”

“Haha, sure. That was what I wanted too.”

Shaikan and Luke got up and headed to the personal office.

The two entered the office away from their attendants.

Once they were inside, Luke immediately placed Silent magic in the room.

After taking a series of actions, he talked to Shaikan in a more stern voice than before, “Now we can talk comfortably.”

“Huhuhu. You must have been very uncomfortable. Living with secrets that not everyone should know,” said Shaikan.

“Right. I wasn’t born as royalty like someone in here.”

At Luke’s words, Shaikan refuted with a smile.

“What are you talking about? You have the blood of Rakan, whom everyone is envious of. However, if you keep living under the shadow of your ancestors, we will stand still.”

“Right. There is a huge problem coming around. Something that’s beyond your imagination.”

The words changed.

Luke had no intention of telling others what the truth was. If he did, it would be the reversal of the divine destiny and fate would be swayed.

Shaikan spoke as he had no intention of asking any more questions.

“You don’t have to worry about your secrets. I have nothing to benefit from troubling you.”

‘Huh, does he plan on playing hard to get?’

Luke had no idea as to what Shaikan’s intentions were.

But until the Baroque fell, it was certain that Shaikan wouldn’t create problems for Luke because doing that would benefit him and the Libiya kingdom.

“But what brings you here suddenly? I do know that the state of Symphonia isn’t so at stake.”

The Baroque Empire constantly attacked the borders of Libiya. However, it didn’t cross sides with Symphonia.

The Baroque Empire wasn’t strong enough to fight with two kingdoms at the same time, and since Shaikan was a royal lineage to the Baroque, he was considered to be more dangerous than Luke.

“Of course, my nation isn’t at stake. But, your country is… well, the entire Rhodesia could be thrown into ruins.”

“Hmm, I don’t know what you mean, but it seems a bit exaggerated.”

“Well, let’s see if you think of this as exaggeration after listening to the whole story.”

Luke told everything about the plot that Rudolf had planned out.

At first, Shaikan didn’t seem so concerned, but with the concrete details and evidences, the glow on his face disappeared.

“That man…!”

“As I said, it isn’t just the Libiya Kingdom. Even if you think about the future of the continent, that needs to be stopped. You and I joined forces too.”

At Luke’s words, Shaikan nodded.

His eyes were a lot serious than before.

“We will look into it, and we’ll plan something out. So please be prepared for anything.”

“I understand. Thank you for the information.”

After talking with Shaikan, Luke unlocked the Silent magic.

Luke finished all his business. However, he wasn’t heading back right away.

He was going to enjoy the banquet prepared by Shaikan while staying in the royal palace for 2 to 3 days.