Chapter 157: Who Touched My Girl? (5) (1/2)
Chapter 157: Who Touched My Girl? (5)
King Lawrence frowned at Milton’s words
“Florence Principality has been able to defend its country without fighting in a war for hundreds of years”
“Ohh… is that so? What’s the secret for that?”
“Well, that’s because… we’ve been able to create s countries while taking good care of the country’s citizens”
Blah blah blah blah blah blah
That’s what King Lawrence’s words sounded like to Milton
‘He’s spouting bullshi+t again’
Smooth diplomatic relations? That was because Florence Principality was so weak and pitiful to take over that it was neglected by the other countries Taking good care of the country’s citizens? On the way to the Florence Principality, Milton had seen the food situation of the country and thought they had suffered a faood harvest, it was still an average one But nonetheless, there had been children begging on the streets and people beco taxes Could it be that poverty turned people into villains? The nu thieves in the Florence Principality was unrivaled on the continent How else could Princess Violet have led her knights and fought in actual battles against thieves? On average, it could be said that the weaker the country is, thetheir interests From what Milton had seen, the Florence Principality was one of those typical countries He had zero intentions of investingLawrence, the only reason Florence Principality hasn’t seen the horrors of war yet is that your country doesn’t share a border with the Republic A Lawrence tried to deny it but he didn’t have the evidence to say Milton rong No ht about it, the reason Florence Principality hadn’t been swept away into as for that exact reason And when he thought about it again, he realized the situation had changed The Strabus Kingdom had fallen and the Republicans had taken over that country Now, the threat of the Republican ar across the river, it was a blade pointing right at their nose
‘I was careless I guess I should start trying to strengthen theLawrence, who had thought he needed ed his mind and spoke to Milton
“I believe you’re correct The otten about it for a while”
“Forgot…yes, I guess it’s possible to forget”
Milton aled to change what he was saying
‘This ht’
Even as he thought to hi Lawrence
“Our current era is the era of war It’s an era in which if you don’t have power, you’ll be eaten right away”
“But haven’t we called a truce with the Republic?”
“It’s just a temporary truce Did you really think the Republic would stop fighting?”
“……”
King Lawrence’s face revealed his anxiety To be honest, he hadn’t given it ht The ith the Republic was far away from him and even if he did think about it, it was too difficult for him to deal with His career and experience as a monarch were entirely confined within the Florence Principality What would happen if the Republic invaded his country? He had never thought about it so of course there wouldn’t be any counter Lawrence felt his pal exactly how he felt, Milton began to talk
“The condition I’m about to present to you is a mutual defense treaty between our countries”
“Defense treaty?”
“Yes, we’ll dispatch our military to your country Of course, we’ll have to take over the garrison and receive a small amount of assistance and funds for defense, but the Lester Kingdom will defend your country fro Lawrence’s ears perked up at Milton’s words He couldn’t come up with a way to protect his country fro they’ll do it for him Of course, it would be natural for hiree Lawrence replied cautiously to Milton’s question
“I’m positive to it, but it’s a little too much for us to take in the troops and pay for the cooperation As you know, ht”
Milton thought about King Lawrence’s response before replying
“In that case, let’s do it like this”
“Like what?”
“Why don’t we e of defending the border area, we’ll take over the adion”
“Ah… that’s a bit…”
In other words, Milton was asking King Lawrence to lend hi Lawrence was, he began to feel reluctance at this point He began to feel that soht at thatinally meant to proceed as a trilateral alliance between dom and Andrews Empire”