Chapter 1392: Making trouble

"Your Majesty Veronica!"

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was deeply expected (disliked) by Princess Melisandre and eager to establish merit, waited patiently until the Queen announced the start of the private banquet. Before the old man in armor could start cutting the cake, he stood up impatiently.

"May I ask, has Princess Feliya, the only survivor after the fall of the Kroke Kingdom, come to attend this banquet?"

Hmm?

Hearing someone concerned about the situation of his neighbor, Leon, who was recuperating his spirit, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and cast his gaze toward the old man who spoke.

Hmm... it wasn't really that old either.

Excluding the somewhat overly deliberate mature attire on his body and the beard-growing factor popular in the North Kingdom, judging by his skin state, he was estimated to be around thirty, and should be a few years older than Veronica.

Although for himself, who was only twenty-eight and a few months old and whose skin was tender enough to drip water after his Taint Value increased, this person could be called an old man, among the envoys of various countries who were all over forty, he was still an out-and-out young man.

In summary, he was an old guy, but belonged to the green old guy type.

After glancing at the attire and appearance of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the North Kingdom and recognizing his origin through his emblem and clothing, Leon, who had heard Veronica talk about the North Kingdom's plan, answered for her directly:

"Feliya has her own things to be busy with, and she doesn't have any acquaintances here, so she didn't come to attend the banquet. Do you have anything to find her for?"

"Yes, I do have some things I want to ask."

Staring at Queen Veronica twice, failing to get the reaction he wanted from her face, and only seeing a peaceful, lingering faint smile, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the North Kingdom couldn't help but frown, then decisively switched targets and looked at Leon, questioning with burning eyes:

"Your Highness the Prince, may I ask why Princess Feliya of the Kroke Kingdom did not lead her citizens to rebuild the Kroke Kingdom, but chose to lead the remaining people to move the whole country and attach herself to your country with the legacy of the Kroke Kingdom?"

"I'll answer this question."

After glancing at Li Ang, who still looked pale, Queen Veronica reached out to take his arm and replied with a calm expression:

"The Kroke Kingdom encountered a tsunami that only happens once in a thousand years. Although the citizens successfully escaped, the entire capital was destroyed by the tsunami. Lacking clothing and food, and with scarce materials, they no longer have the ability to rebuild the kingdom on the original site.

It just so happened that Leon was representing the kingdom to discuss cooperation there because of some things, so he acted as a middleman and persuaded Princess Feliya to lead the disaster-stricken citizens to accept our help and come here to rest for a while.

It's just that after that, whether it was she herself or the survivors of the original Kroke Kingdom, they had little interest in rebuilding the Mechanical Capital destroyed by the tsunami, so they simply settled down."

"So that's how it is."

Nodding clearly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the North Kingdom twitched the corners of his mouth, then asked with a smile:

"That is to say, the survivors of the Kroke Kingdom, represented by Princess Feliya, are only temporarily settled in your country and have not become vassals of your country, nor have they been completely annexed by your country... right?"

"Yes."

Princess Veronica returned him a smile and said peacefully:

"Annexation is naturally out of the question. It's just out of the most basic humanitarianism that we extended a helping hand to the ordinary citizens who suffered from the sea disaster, and while providing aid, we helped them integrate into the new environment as much as possible.

After all, we have always been a country that pursues peace. In the past two hundred years, we haven't fought a war of external plunder, but have been passively suffering from aggression by other countries and have had quite a few territories annexed... don't you think so?"

"..." Facing Princess Veronica's counterattack, which was like a spear hidden in a stick, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the North Kingdom was about to counterattack, but heard a loud voice from his side.

"Your Majesty Veronica!"

After calling out, a middle-aged man who was dark, thin, and capable took a step forward, walked to the side of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the North Kingdom, and said loudly with burning eyes:

"As an ally that has maintained a good relationship with your country for over a hundred years, our Molna Kingdom is willing to stand with your country and jointly help those survivors of the Kroke Kingdom who have lost their homes!"

When saying this, the dark, thin man glanced at the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the North Kingdom beside him, then added:

"In addition, the North Kingdom and the Refraction Kingdom have the same intention. Although the Saiao Kingdom is not easy to accommodate survivors, it is willing to provide ships and shipping lanes to help us complete this good deed... you shouldn't have any objections, right?"

Prince Lucian of the Molna Kingdom?

Looking at this middle-aged man who stood out impatiently, Princess Veronica couldn't help but frown slightly, feeling somewhat surprised in her heart.

The trouble-making of the North Kingdom was very normal, but as one of the ironclad allies of the kingdom, the Molna Kingdom didn't even contact her privately, but skipped the process of discussing the transfer of interests and stood on the side of the North Kingdom cleanly, which was indeed somewhat beyond her expectation.

After all, the technology left behind by the Kroke Kingdom was a wealth so rich that it was unimaginable. The possibility of her swallowing it all alone was not high, and she definitely had to share some with her allies.

And her mother was considered a distant branch of the Molna Kingdom. With the relationship between her and the Molna Kingdom, that side would almost certainly get quite a few benefits, and there was no need to stand on the opposite side of her at all.

It's done!

Looking at Queen Veronica, whose brows were slightly furrowed and who didn't answer the question immediately but looked at him with furrowed brows, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the North Kingdom smiled confidently and returned her a meaningful smile.

The Molna Kingdom may be your ally, but this Prince Lucian may not necessarily be your ally, and the interests of the Molna Kingdom may not necessarily be the interests of the family behind him.

According to the treaty he signed with the Saiao Kingdom, if he still stood on your side this time, although this Prince Lucian could get benefits for the Molna Kingdom, he and the family behind him would have to bear the targeting of the King of the North and the Saiao Kingdom.

But if he chose to give up supporting you and stand on our side, the benefits for the Molna Kingdom would still not be less, and he himself would not only not be targeted, but could even bite off the biggest piece of the benefits under his own support. The price paid was nothing more than offending you.

But you, who have just ascended the throne and extremely need support from all sides, as long as you are slightly rational, you will not choose to turn against the Molna Kingdom and give up a possible arm because of this irreparable loss, so this price can be said to be completely irrelevant.

In addition, after the Molna Kingdom, which should have been close to you, suddenly expressed that it would give up supporting you this time, the pressure on the second ally who wanted to stand out would increase sharply. At this time, standing out was almost equivalent to directly turning against the three major kingdoms.

And among your other allies, there were no envoys at the Prince level present. Among the envoys who came, the highest level was only the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the leader of a certain political party.

But with their level and status, even if they had the courage and determination to stand out and take on this matter, they did not have the power to represent the kingdoms behind them and take on such a big mess.

In other words, before you let me enter the auditorium and contacted Prince Lucian of the Molna Kingdom, your failure was already doomed!

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