Chapter 3318: Driving History in Reverse, Grabbing Opportunities for Arrest

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But now, Xia Duo had already arrived at the embassy district, yet he still received an identity verification request from the Taiweimansa Mythallar, and it was a request that would lead to banishment if not verified.

If this sort of thing happened in ordinary times, it would be enough to cause a diplomatic incident, and if he encountered such a thing in ordinary times, Xia Duo would not compromise at all; after all, this was no longer just his own affair, but concerned the national standing of Netheril.

However, with Yierlan currently using martial law as a reason, it was indeed very difficult for Xia Duo to refute it. Long before today, Yierlan had already issued notifications to various countries, stating that they were temporarily closing their borders, and the internal martial law had also begun at the same time.

Fortunately, this was just a small episode, or rather, a general operation for Taiweimansa to treat every outsider with vigilance, and it was not deliberately targeted.

After Xia Duo verified his identity within the Mythallar, he did not receive any further questioning. Of course, he did not know whether Yierlan had actually conducted an in-depth investigation, but at least what he felt was that there was no follow-up.

Because his status at this time was that of embassy staff, Fema'ai had not arranged for anyone to meet Xia Duo at the airport. It was only when Xia Duo entered the embassy building with Divine Envoy Richi that Fema'ai appeared before him.

"Welcome, Councilor Xia Duo, to the embassy for an inspection!"

"I wouldn't call it an inspection; rather, I am disturbing the Ambassador."

But the reality was the exact opposite; these victims of war, who should have received care and concern from their own kind, were subjected to discrimination and persecution by their own kin. In that situation, we instead hoped to pass on the bloodline, even if it was a polluted bloodline.

Therefore, although Taiweiman and Tiao—those people from the Seven Towers whose public spirit outweighed their private interests—were not entirely in line with Xia Shao's philosophy, compared to others, Xia Shao was still more willing to win these people over and more willing to give these people respect.

If one did not have feelings for Netheril and for ordinary people, and only thought of oneself, how could one possibly make such a decision!

Later, when the three countries re-signed the Mithril Agreement, Taiweiman again provided a lot of help, such as his long-standing understanding of the domestic situation in Fema'ai through dealing with Elves, his understanding of the Fema'ai mithril market, his judgment of the Yierlansa negotiation bottom line, and so on.

Xia Duo had a very good impression of the ambassador with graying hair before him. Although the other party was from the Seven Towers, he did not have that arrogance peculiar to many people from the Seven Towers, and this was not something he lacked only when facing him.

One must know that the original Demon Descendants were entirely victims of war; it was the discrimination and persecution by ordinary Elves against those of their own kind who had been infected with the Abyssal Aura during the war that led to the subsequent tragedy that lasted for thousands of years.

After some exchange, Taiweiman could not help but sigh: "This Darkness Society is truly a scourge! Now I am actually a bit worried; even if the Darkness Society is eliminated, the influence they left behind will likely be impossible to completely subside for hundreds of years."

And not the other way around.

"What did the Ambassador think of?"

Similar to this was the Plenipotentiary Representative of Netheril to the Northland Alliance, Tiao, but compared to Taiweiman, Tiao's utilitarianism was still greater.

Previously, when Fema'ai used the Mithril Agreement to make things difficult for Netheril, it was largely thanks to Taiweiman's mediation, which delayed the progress on Fema'ai's side and won time and relatively favorable conditions for Netheril.

Saying that Taiweiman treated his diplomatic career as his lifelong pursuit was not because Xia Duo heard Taiweiman say so himself, but because the other party had already served as the Netheril Ambassador to Fema'ai for nearly fifty years.

People who sit at the pinnacle of power can let public spirit outweigh private interest, not because they truly possess such far-reaching public spirit, but because the public interest is inherently directly related to the private interests of those in high positions; it is that their private interests just happen to align with the public interest.

Because Demon Descendants themselves are very difficult to produce offspring, if they had received care from their own kind from the beginning, Xia Duo believed that those first-generation Demon-born would either have been completely cured or would have voluntarily given up passing on the bloodline, leaving the pollution in the past and giving the descendants of more clansmen a clean future.

Even if it was not expressed on the surface, it would be exposed in words and actions, which was even more annoying than the elite members Xia Duo hated the most.

Afterwards, his favor for Taiweiman increased even more.

But Taiweiman did not have such arrogance. Xia Duo could see that the other party still regarded himself as an ordinary person. As an Arcanist, Taiweiman even gave up the magic career that the vast majority of Arcanists would not give up, turning instead to treat his diplomatic career as his lifelong pursuit.

This was also a form of compensation for the discrimination and persecution that Demon Descendants had suffered in the past.

Perhaps Taiweiman had information channels from the Seven Towers, but because Xia Duo himself worked at the Alliance Headquarters and even temporarily led a rapid response force of the Alliance, the information he mastered was not inferior to the Seven Towers, and was even more.

At the same time, he also provided some news about the outside world that he had mastered, such as the trouble caused by the Darkness Society in various countries. Apart from the situation in Yierlansa that Taiweiman understood a bit more, the situations in other countries were generally very difficult to reach the Netheril Embassy.

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Before the comprehensive testing of Demon Descendants, various countries had already reached a consensus to grant Demon Descendants the status of equal Northland citizens; as long as they had not committed any bloody crimes, other minor issues would no longer be pursued.

"Nothing, just that some time ago, before the civil strife in Fema'ai appeared, voices for liquidating Demon Descendants had appeared again within Fema'ai. At that time, I had a bad premonition, and now such a premonition is even stronger."

Only after meeting him did he discover that that bit of intelligence was far from enough to describe Taiweiman's achievements, so later, after the New Covenant was signed, he specifically retrieved more information about Taiweiman from the Seven Towers.

Xia Duo did not deny that there were people in high positions in Netheril who cared more about the public interest, but the vast majority still cared more about their own private interests. From this, it can also be seen that the fact that Netheril could form such a situation (the New Covenant) actually involved many coincidences.

"Liquidating Demon Descendants? Could it be that the agreements reached by various countries before are all void? Where does Fema'ai get the confidence to do such a thing of breaking promises and betraying trust?"

Elite members would at least treat ordinary people as humans, but many people from the Seven Towers had long since stopped treating ordinary people as their own kind. This difference even exceeded the difference between a lord and his subjects; it was already close to the difference between species.

In fact, Xia Duo had seen so many people from the Seven Towers; the arrogance of those people was carved into their bones, and it was not directed at any one person, but mixed with the dual identity of the Seven Towers and Spellcasters, a natural cognition of being superior to others who did not have those two identities.

For someone from the Seven Towers who had not yet sat at the pinnacle of power, this was very commendable.

But what cannot be denied is that, compared to other people from the Seven Towers, Tiao's public spirit was far greater than his private interest.

Although his mind was on the clues of the Moonshadow Family, Xia Duo still set aside just one hour to talk with Ambassador Taiweiman, asking about the recent situation in Yierlansa and the changes in the upper echelons of Fema'ai.

If the uninfected Elves at that time had had a little more sympathy, a little more understanding, and a little more help for those infected people who were also victims of war, the concept of Demon Descendants might not even have been produced in later generations.

Those who are good at fighting have illustrious achievements. Before Xia Duo saw Taiweiman with his own eyes, his understanding of Taiweiman was limited to a name on an intelligence document and a very brief introduction.