Chapter 287 - The Right Way to Start a Negotiation (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Timus knew very well that in the eyes of the elves, his teacher was the one who had assassinated the elf princess.

The odd thing now was that Ulysses Sabrina had just mentioned that the murderer had been caught?

Was it all really just a misunderstanding?

How could it be!

If the murderer had really been caught, then who was that guy outside the city?

Timus immediately understood the situation. It was a complete cover-up to say that the murderer had been caught. The reason she said this was to convince them to quickly end the war.

In fact, Ulysses Sabrina herself could not find any other reason besides this one. She could not admit the fact that the elves could not defeat the humans, because this would mean that she would have to beg the humans to end the war!

If Timus spoke the truth, it mean that he would have her in the palms of his hands. Timus thought for a moment and nudged Gilroy under the table, indicating for him to answer.

Gilroy was still in a confused state. After all, he had just heard the cause of the war for the first time. After processing the new information, Gilroy’s ability to think decreased. So much so that Timus’s actions made Gilroy subconsciously panic. He jerked from the kick and immediately responded to the new queen.

“Since the misunderstanding has been resolved, then…”

“Ahem!”

When Timus heard Gilroy’s words, he immediately coughed violently. Ulysses Sabrina and Gilroy looked at Timus at the same time. After all, his reaction was so obvious that it caught the attention of the other two. Obviously, Timus was not satisfied with Gilroy’s diplomatic phrasing and wanted to interrupt him.

The humans were the victors this time. How could they say things such as it being a misunderstanding, and everyone should just forget about it and end the war, right?

The humans would definitely have to get a lot of benefits from this!

Anyone with a brain could guess Timus’s thoughts. However, the overly nervous Gilroy could not realize Timus’s intentions. Seeing that Timus had stopped coughing, Gilroy looked at Ulysses and Sabrina and said, “War is cruel. No one is willing to fight. Since the misunderstanding has been resolved, then…”

“Cough cough cough!!! Cough cough cough!!!!”

Timus coughed violently again.

Ulysses Sabrina and Gilroy looked at Timus from the excessive coughing. Ulysses Sabrina could tell that Timus was the one who had the real say in this negotiation, not this young and stupid ‘Lord Gilroy’.

However, the other party kept saying that Gilroy was the human commander of this war. Ulysses Sabrina could not expose the other party’s lies in public, right?

As the loser of the war, she dared not to take a misstep in a direction that could potentially anger the humans. Therefore, she could only shut her mouth and play dumb.

She just pretended that she could not see it!

Gilroy, who was interrupted by Timus the second time, still did not see through his teacher’s thoughts. He even waited patiently for a while after Timus finished coughing. After confirming that his teacher’s throat was better, he continued on, “We humans are actually a peace-loving race. If we didn’t know about the preparations of the elf soldiers, we wouldn’t have started the war at all.

“Since the misunderstanding has been resolved, then…”

“Cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough!!!”

“…”

Gilroy dared not to speak anymore and could only look at Timus in a daze.

Could it be that his teacher was injured in the previous battle?

This was Gilroy’s current hypothesis.