Chapter 89

Bronya supported her fingers and looked at Topaz:

"The invasion of the Antimatter Legion and the long cold wave are both irresistible factors for Belobog."

"We are struggling to survive in this, how can we have the energy to actively repay the IPC's debt?"

"According to the laws of most planets... this is a breach of contract caused by force majeure, Belobog does not need to bear the liability for breach of contract, only the contractual liability."

When Bronya spoke, she was slightly amazed at her own calmness,

her thinking was very clear, not disturbed by Topaz's words at all, nor was she blinded by the messy terms on the contract:

"In other words, at least we shouldn't bear these liquidated damages, right?"

"From another point of view... why is the IPC collecting debts from us only now?"

Bronya looked at Topaz, raised her eyebrows and asked.

"You see clearly, the Architects and the IPC agreed to repay the debt within 25 years."

"Why did the IPC collect the debt from Belobog only after five hundred years?"

Facing Bronya's question, Topaz's eye twitched slightly,

this Supreme Guardian is not easy to deal with...

"Repaying the debt is Belobog's obligation, Belobog should actively repay the debt at any time, and the IPC has the right to————"

"The IPC has the right to collect debts at any time?"

Bronya's tone suddenly lowered:

"Even for a planet that once joined the Interastral Peace system, was abandoned by the IPC, and only just recovered after experiencing a long disaster?"

"Even this planet still believes in Preservation just like the IPC."

"You abandoned us, left us to fend for ourselves in the cold wave, and determined on your own that we were destroyed?"

"I even guess you have already classified this bill as a bad debt, and seeing us survive the crisis and return to the universe, you excitedly dug it out from a pile of old bills, hoping to collect interest for as long as five hundred years?"

Topaz's eye twitched, she knew Bronya was speaking the truth,

Jarilo-VI was once part of the Interastral Peace system, but the IPC ran away on the eve of the Antimatter Legion's invasion.

This was indeed a point that put her at a disadvantage in the negotiation.

"This is a moral issue, Supreme Guardian Bronya." Topaz realized that Bronya was not easy to deal with: "But debt does not talk about morality."

"Does that mean in the eyes of the Interastral Peace Corporation, Credits are more important than Preservation?" Bronya stared at Topaz and asked.

"This hat is too big." Topaz waved her hand: "If every planet defaults on debt, how can the IPC maintain the Interastral Peace system? Maintain Preservation?"

"Just like maintaining Jarilo-VI back then?" Bronya mocked.

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"Also, allow me to correct... Belobog is willing to repay the debt... the reasonable part."

Bronya added:

"We are willing to bear the principal and the original 25-year interest; the failure to repay the debt for nearly five hundred years since then is really because of the invasion of the Antimatter Legion, the cold wave caused by the Stellaron, and the abandonment of the IPC."

"This part of the responsibility does not lie with Belobog."

"If the IPC insists on collecting this part of the interest, Belobog is willing to help you collect the debt from Nanook."

Bronya noticed that Topaz fell into a brief silence, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart,

compared to the Gray Wind and Emperor Zhou Xuan, dealing with an IPC director was much less stressful.

Most importantly, Bronya calculated one thing,

that was that Belobog was indeed poor to an outrageous degree,

there were no resources, the land was frozen, the population was small, the buildings were few,

if the IPC collected debts by force.....

The wealth obtained would probably not be enough for the IPC fleet's fuel money for a round trip.

Being poor was Bronya's confidence in not being afraid of the IPC fleet.

"...." Topaz's eye twitched violently.

She couldn't help but complain in her heart, Bronya was just a ruler of a remote planet,

why was she so calm, and every sentence hit the loopholes in the IPC's bill.

But what Topaz found even stranger was, didn't Bronya worry about the IPC's armed debt collection?

Could it be that she calculated that the IPC fleet's dispatch was also a loss-making business, and the IPC would not easily do such a loss-making business.

Especially since Bronya was also willing to bear the principal and 25 years of interest, she was not really planning to pay nothing.

Or could it be..... she calculated that I had another plan here....

Topaz looked up and took out another plan she had prepared long ago:

"This is our other plan, you can take a look."

"The IPC is willing to reduce Belobog's debt, and even willing to transform your planet's environment."

"You only need to pay..... pay your future."

Before Topaz finished speaking, she noticed Bronya's strange look.

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When Topaz said that the IPC could transform the environment for Belobog,

Bronya's eyes suddenly became strange, and she looked Topaz up and down.

Topaz endured her look and handed the plan to Bronya.

But Bronya seemed uninterested, flipping through the plan casually,

".... The IPC provides environmental transformation for Belobog?"

Bronya looked around the document in her hand and sighed:

"But the price is... Belobog people will lose all their future, and every Belobog person must become a reserve employee of the IPC."

"Is this the IPC's plan?"

Bronya looked at Topaz, her eyes slightly helpless.

"Uh...." Bronya's reaction once again exceeded Topaz's expectations.

The opportunity to save the entire planet's ecology was right in front of her, but Bronya actually showed no interest.

This made Topaz suspicious,

she couldn't figure out whether Bronya was really not interested, or was pretending to be like this in order to obtain more benefits.

Topaz decided to test it out:

"Bronya————"

"Ms. Topaz." Bronya put the document in her hand on the table and looked at Topaz: "I will consider the IPC's proposal."

"But we need some time to make a decision... before that, could I trouble you to wait for a while."

"It just so happens that our traditional festival, the Everwinter Festival, is coming soon, and the owner of that starship and the Astral Express will both come to participate in the celebration."

Bronya looked at Topaz with a smile and asked:

"I wonder if I can invite you to represent the IPC to participate in this celebration."

"..." Topaz blinked, unable to figure out what tricks Bronya was playing.

But since the people of that starship civilization would also participate..

It was indeed an opportunity to figure out the identity of this civilization.

Not to mention that it might be possible to make friends with the Astral Express,

Topaz nodded after thinking for a moment,

"Okay, then I will thank the Supreme Guardian for the invitation."

"The IPC's two plans will be left with you first."

Topaz stood up and said:

"I hope you can make a proper and correct choice."

"I will take advantage of the time before you make a decision to properly evaluate your planet's assets."

With that, Topaz turned and left.

Watching Topaz's departing back, Bronya shook her head gently.

Pela, standing not far away, walked up and said to Bronya with some worry:

"Supreme Guardian Bronya... is the IPC representative quite difficult to deal with....."

"... It's not that difficult to deal with." Bronya gave a bitter smile: "Compared to that Emperor, she is still too immature." ===== CHAPTER 90 =====