Chapter 2491: Refuting the Ambassador

Over the next few days, Xia Duo heard rumors related to Yierlan one after another; they were either cooperating on this or investing in that. For a time, they were the center of attention, even overshadowing the renegotiation of the Seville Covenant itself.

This trend was by no means a good thing!

Although Xia Duo had no sense of belonging to Netheril, he had long regarded Netheril as the foundation for the expansion of his future influence. How could he so easily let the Elf get involved?

Therefore, in the few days after the Yierlan Ambassador Yinfuyalisi visited Yinaole, Xia Duo was also constantly active, inviting Great Arcanists for private talks, and even accepting an invitation from Huo En.

But after several probes, even Yinaole did not have strong resistance to continuing Yierlan's status in the New Covenant, not to mention others; their words even unconsciously revealed an intention to persuade Xia Duo to agree as well.

"Sigh!"

Inside the Arcane Union lounge, Xia Duo could not help but let out a long sigh, "Could it be that I am the only one firmly opposed to this now?"

From the perspective of the spirit of the Seville Covenant, his opposition alone was useless. Whether it was the Old Sevinton Covenant or the New Covenant that had not yet been formally signed, there was no such thing as accommodating a minority indefinitely.

The minority obeying the majority was an important principle that ran through everything!

Just as Xia Duo was pondering how to break this predicament, Bulundesi sent a Sending to tell him that the Yierlan Ambassador wanted to talk to him.

Regarding this, Xia Duo naturally refused righteously; he did not want to make any compromises on this issue, but Bulundesi said:

"Ambassador Yinfuyalisi has already personally come to the Arcane Union to visit you. To avoid damaging the friendship between the two countries, at least meet once!"

Xia Duo did not reply again, and at the same time, he had already thought of how to break the deadlock. Although the means might not be very clever, there seemed to be no other way at the moment.

Thinking this way, Xia Duo had already made a decision in his heart.

……

Half an hour later, the Magic Alarm outside Xia Duo's lounge door was triggered. With the "reminder" from Bulundesi just now, how could Xia Duo not know who had come?

Opening the door, besides the expected Yierlan Ambassador, Bulundesi was actually there too. Perhaps he was forced by his mission, but at least it wasn't Yinaole or Buluode; this was the only thing Xia Duo felt relieved about.

Perhaps Yinaole was also hesitant about Yierlan joining the New Covenant, but the general trend was such that as the President of the Arcane Union, who represented the status of a neutral arbitrator, it was even harder for him to resist this trend.

"Councilor Bulundesi, what is the matter?"

Xia Duo deliberately ignored the Yierlan Ambassador and spoke directly to Bulundesi. Bulundesi probably did not expect this, a flash of embarrassment crossed his eyes, and he hurriedly introduced:

"Ambassador Yinfuyalisi of Yierlan admires Lord Xia Duo's reputation and came to visit today. Why don't we go in and sit down to talk slowly."

"Is that so?"

Only then did Xia Duo glance at Yinfuyalisi and said coldly, "How come I heard that Ambassador Yinfuyalisi is looking for me to buy me off and get me to support Yierlan's interference in Netheril's internal affairs?"

As soon as these words were spoken, not only Bulundesi, but even Yinfuyalisi's face changed abruptly. Bulundesi stammered and could not say the next sentence, but Yinfuyalisi quickly returned to calm, even with a trace of a smile, and said to Xia Duo:

"Lord Xia Duo has misunderstood. I came here this time indeed because I admire your reputation and wanted to see the Lord Xia Duo who single-handedly mediated the Siluwende war, wiped out the Demon Descendant temple, and awed the Southern Four Kingdoms.

"Perhaps it was bad timing today, causing you to misunderstand. If there is a chance next time, I will visit Nan Jing again. I have been rude today, so I won't disturb you any further."

After saying this, Yinfuyalisi seemed to really want to leave, but this would throw the face of Bulundesi and even the Seven Towers he represented onto the ground.

You clearly acted as such an unwelcome middleman at your request, but when you arrived, you didn't talk about business, making the Seven Towers the villain for nothing.

But human nature is complex. In this situation, who would the Seven Towers hate more?

Xia Duo did not want to take such a blunt provocation; he stopped Ambassador Yinfuyalisi and questioned, "Is it not true that Yierlan is trying to interfere in Netheril's internal affairs by joining the New Covenant, and it is just a rumor?"

Mentioning this, Yinfuyalisi could not help but respond. This was his job as an Ambassador. Originally, he had indeed come to lobby and even bribe today, but Xia Duo did not cooperate, which made things so stiff.

Now that he deliberately mentioned this again, Yinfuyalisi could only stop and explain solemnly: "Yierlan respects the sincere friendship between Netheril and Yierlan that has lasted for hundreds of years, and the Seville Covenant is the most intuitive embodiment of this friendship. Whether it is the Old Covenant or the New Covenant, Yierlan will not be absent."

Hearing this, Xia Duo almost laughed in anger, and he refuted without hesitation:

"It is rare that Ambassador Yinfuyalisi can describe interfering in another country's internal affairs so elegantly and naturally. Can anything change its original inherent nature just by pulling in friendship and emotion?

"The relationship between two countries is not a stage for Yierlan to perform disguise techniques. Just now, Ambassador Yinfuyalisi mentioned the Siluwende war. Have you forgotten that the Northland Alliance had long ago concluded that Yierlan's invasion was illegal?

"Even if it had what seemed to be a reasonable excuse—to clear out the Demon Descendants within Siluwende—ignoring the arguments of the country involved and ignoring the opinions of the countries of the Northland Alliance to launch a war, this is an invasion!

"Or does Yierlan have a unique set of criteria for judging justice, fairness, and everything in the world, and whatever you say is the truth?

"How ridiculous this is!

"In my opinion, no matter what whitewashed excuses there are, interfering in another country's internal affairs is interfering in another country's internal affairs. This essence will not change whether you and I argue about it this year or take it to the Northland Alliance to discuss!"

After Xia Duo finished speaking, a burst of anger that had been pent up in his heart for a long time was finally vented. He felt comfortable, but Yinfuyalisi was not.

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"Lord Xia Duo, how can these two things be confused? Yierlan launched the special military operation to clear out the Demon Descendant infiltration within Siluwende. This was entirely a just, fair, and beneficial action for the countries of the Northland.

"It is just because the Northland Alliance was established too recently that there was no precedent for the solution to related problems, and Yierlan had no reference. But for the sake of the Northland's security, we had to choose to take on some unnecessary criticism.

"I admit that there were indeed some flaws in Yierlan's procedures for launching the war, but this is by no means a reason for this special military operation to be identified as an invasion!

"I hope Lord Xia Duo can understand this point. Descriptions like 'invasion' and 'unjust' are best not used for that action which has already ended and achieved good results!"