<<" Kid" is saying he will trick the holy empire into being "aggressors", resulting in us being able to attack them.>> <<" Kid" told me to prepare the cannons that can be attached to the ships…. But how would he even get ships anyway without revealing some of his cards and lies?>> <<…. I've considered maybe asking dragons to "Return" the favor… But I guess it is impossible right now since they are more than busy enough with their own share of problems.>> "So, let me get this straight." – said the kingdom knight. "You wish to enter our continent as political vessel, right?" "Yes good sir. This is our intend." – said the paladin. "I'm going to point out obvious. Why is your ship so big?" – said the kingdom knight. "Em…. What does our ship size got to do with anything?" – asked paladin with confused look. "I'm asking a simple question." – said the kingdom knight. "If this was simple political vessel, then why did you decided to "arrive" with such large ship?" "This is an direct question." "Are you here by any chance to do some trading?" "No… We did not." – said the paladin. "Then why is your ship so big?" – asked the knight again. "…. You are not by any chance having this ship full of soldiers…. Are you?" "This is just basic precision, since we had heard about the situation with vampires." – said the paladin. "Uhu…. Then turn back." – said the knight. As the paladin tried complaining, he spotted an vampire working on the kingdom ship. "HEY! That guy is a vampire!" – shouted the paladin. "And?" – asked the knight that was looking back and forth. "What is wrong with having vampire work for us?" "What are you talking about?! That monster is dangerous!" – said the paladin as he slowly reached for his sword. "And that so called monster is working for me like any average person, getting paid and stuff without any problems at all." – said the knight. "True, he does needs blood, so as all the vampires." "Look. This guy has been working for us for long time and there was no accidents with him even once." "I know that some vampires can be dangerous…. But the ones we know are good people…." "I'm going to make myself clear again." Follow current novels on novel-fire.ɴet "You have already stated your real purpose behind your visit." "You are allowed to come back here after doing an official request, without bringing an army with you." "If you wish to talk this out peacefully." "Now, if you are done then get out." Suddenly, an arrow pierced right thoroughly the knight head, killing him on the spot right in front of paladin. "W-what!? – paladin stared at the corpse of the knight. "CAPITAN!" – shouted kingdom soldier. "THOSE BASTARDS! THEY KILLED THE CAPITAN!" "FUCKING BASTARDS! SO, THEY WERE PLANNING ON ATTACKING US!" "Wait! Stop! We didn't do it!" – said the panicking paladin as he saw kingdom soldier taking out their weapons. "SHUT IT! IF NOT THEN WHY THE HELL ARROW CAME FROM YOUR DIRECTION!?" – said pissed off soldier. "Oh, the war will come." – said "Kid" while checking different documents. "The holy empire are dead set on invading this continent." "They are "good guys" and they want to keep up that image." "But they are also mad and they would come up with some excuse." "We lied, but is there rule that only we can lie?" "Let me tell you something." "So many "good guys" in history often were not such "pure" good guys." "They often lied or maybe staged their own cause, for example by lying to the public about "great danger" or they may stage a "attack" that was done by "Evil"." "This is how world works buddy." "The war will break out no matter what we do." "….Then why haven't they done it yet or anything?" – asked Phantasia. "Simple put, they want to avoid using "lie", since if exposed, it could cause huge damage to the empire reputation." – replied "Kid". "But they are already setting up the said lie by spreading false rumors and miss informations." "They are trying to manipulate their own people." "I'm trying to delay this war as much as possible in order for our troops to prepare and stuff…. But that is it." "The war will come and there is no way to stop it." <<" Kid" was right.>>