10: Book 1 - 2.2 The Fatty’s Demands

Book 1 - 2.2 The Fatty’s Demands

Book 1-2.2 The Fatty’s Demands

Janet Le Borrea, the highest

ranking diplomat in the Silence Empire, has enough fat to be considered

chubby. On his face, the blackheads were plenty, as if it was a path of

stars in the night sky.

His hair did not match his large face; his

hair was parted down the middle and both ends of his hair were

beautifully wavy (TL: This is not at all what the manhwa Janet looks

like).

On first glance, he looked like an arrogant fatty who did

not fit the position of a diplomat. However, his abilities in diplomatic

negotiations were skilled and sophisticated. He would never raise his

voice, and he would also never throw a fit relying on his position. He

was deserving to be called a diplomat of an Empire.

The fact that

he showed up in person was a gesture to show that Pareia was important

to the empire. Because of this gesture, Pareia could not help but make a

lot of concessions.

Yulian did not like Janet, but could not help

but be impressed at his plotting abilities. If Janet did not continue

to make such extreme demands, he may have even had a little bit of

respect for Janet.

This fatso diplomat has been enjoying the

negotiations since he arrived a week ago, receiving the full hospitality

that Pareia had to offer.

In any case, the empire was holding the

hilt of the sword, and even in the worst case scenario, he would just

go back empty-handed. Although they were uncivilized barbarians, they

had a tradition of honoring their guests; they would always return the

envoys and guests safely.

Of course, even with that being the

case, a veteran diplomat like himself had no plans whatsoever of

creating that type of worst case scenario.

‘As long as we can take away as much as we can. Your lives would have been better if you became a principality of our empire.’

Janet

smirked, thinking about the Pareia tribe elders, whose pride was very

high. Many strong kingdoms were coveting the desert, but none of the

twelve desert tribes had bowed their head to one of the continent’s

kingdoms. Their unique level of pride was beyond anybody’s imagination.

Even though the circumstances of the desert pretty much forced them to

send tributes to the kingdoms, it did not change.

“That’s not possible. We need too many warriors to dig up and transport the burning water.”

When Glow Baguna answered with a resolute voice, Janet gently laughed and responded.

“We’re not just asking you to increase the amount. Didn’t I say that we will also increase iron, the amount of iron?”

“We

are already sending you burning water three times a month without

stopping. We have over a thousand of our tribe’s warriors working to

make that happen. We cannot increase that number anymore.”

Seeing that Glow Baguna’s response was firm even with his persuasion, Janet let out a small sigh and answered.

“Huuu, I want to slightly teach Pareia’s Glow about the current situation of the Western Continent. Would that be okay?”

“Speak. I am very curious about the situation of the Western Continent.”

With Glow Baguna’s approval, Janet started to open his mouth as if his lips were coated with oil (TL: Pretty much talk nonstop).

“The

Western Continent is currently very unstable. This is because the

Rojini Kingdom, which has been trying to defeat our Silence Empire, has

started their revolt. They’ve grown a little bit lately and think it is

enough to taunt us. What I am trying to say is that with this as the

starting point, we may have another continental war in the near future.”

Listening to Janet’s story, Glow Baguna removed his waist from the backrest and leaned in close to ask.

“Is that the truth?”

“Of course. How would I lie to the Glow of Pareia?”

Glow

Baguna took a peek at Yulian hearing Janet’s earnest answer. As

Yulian’s coming-of-age ceremony was near, he brought his son to the

meeting to gain experience. He also wanted his son to become stimulated

by foreign diplomacy. This was because young children tended to grow

more if they were stimulated over and over.

When Yulian saw his father looking at him, he lightly shook his head.

Of

course, Baguna did not believe the words of the envoy either. What kind

of foreign diplomat would share that type of first-level information?

But maybe it was because of Janet’s diplomatic skills, but the way he

spoke was excellent.

Janet quietly said again.

“I know you

probably don’t believe me, but you must think about Pareia and believe

my words. Currently, any kingdom which has the chance of showing their

strength in the southern continent is preparing for war. You know what

goes into war preparation, right? What I am trying to tell you is that

they are all collecting iron.”

“But didn’t you say that the Silence Empire will send us more iron in return?”

Janet hit his left palm with his right fist, as if saying, that’s it!

“The

fact that we are willing to send more iron shows you just how much the

emperor of the Silence empire considers Pareia. Truthfully, the crown

prince was planning on attending this meeting as well, but he has been

focused on training with the Guardian Knights in preparation for war. As

such, I had to come alone.”

“Even if that is the case, more is not possible.”

“Please

don’t decide that way, Glow. If, hypothetically, a war broke out on the

Western Continent and we were unable to provide iron to the Western

tribes, it will probably weaken your stance with the tribes who have a

connection with the Eastern continent. What would happen with the

Shuarei tribe if that happened?

“Hmm…”

Glow Baguna let out a

short groan at Janet’s words. Janet’s words were not wrong. That was

Pareia’s, no that was weakness for all tribes, regardless of east or

west.

In Pareia’s case, if they could not get enough iron, they would be pushed back by the Shuarei tribe in the East.

Janet had reminded him of this weakness.

“I will think about it.”

“We

are not trying to force a decision. It is just that we need a lot of

burning water to prepare for war. That is why we are urgently asking for

this. It’s a war that our Silence Empire will end up winning anyways.

Later, once everything has been settled, how could our Silence Empire

forget about Pareia’s contributions?”

Janet was proficiently saying things to save Pareia’s face using diplomatic plots to make Glow Baguna’s decision easier.

“Hmm…, I said I’ll think about it, did I not?”

Janet smiled in his mind listening to the lackluster response from Glow Baguna, knowing that he had succeeded.”

“I look forward to the will of the wisest Glow.”

“Then rest peacefully.”

Glow Baguna walked out of the Paoe without looking back, as if his mood was ruined.

Yulian followed his father and asked.

“What do you plan to do?”

“Our only option is to send a little more warriors.”

“How many more warriors are you planning on sending?”

“To meet the conditions of their demand, we will need to send at least five hundred more.”

Yulian fervently shook his head at Glow Baguna’s answer and yelled.0

“To

get another five hundred, the only place we can pull warriors from are

in the suburbs. If we really removed five hundred, it will be difficult

to protect the hunting ground and the Monster Field.”

“It will be even harder to defend without iron.”

Glow Baguna pushed his temples with both of his hands and responded in a weak voice. His head was hurting.

Looking

at his father’s words and actions, Yulian thought this was what you

would call you throw an arrow at the prey that’s attached to a Pirma’s

tail first (take care of the fire that’s on your heels first). (TL: take

care of urgent business first)

‘If the desert tribes did not fight with each other like this, how could we stand for such plotting and persecution?’

Yulian

believed that the tribes were being robbed by the strong nations of the

continent because the desert tribes were fighting with each other.

‘If

all of the desert was united under one tribe, we would not be weaker

than any of the strong kingdoms. In fact, they would probably have to be

giving US tributes. Because the desert warriors are the best.’

Yulian had a new determination in his mind.

‘I

must unite the desert. By uniting all of the desert tribes, rather than

continuing to live like this, we can make a showing to the continent

and work to live a much more abundant life.’

Yulian’s path was determined. It had grown bigger from just following the law of the desert and conquering the Shuarei tribe.

Desert Conquest.

‘I will definitely unite this Crimson Desert, and change the name from the Crimson Desert to the Glowing Desert.’

The

Young Glow Yulian firmly closed his fist with determination. And he

putting all of his effort to his training to make his determination a

reality. Quickly, it changed from training to not get hit from Chun

Myung Hoon to training passionately to make his dreams a reality.

Yulian

started to consider getting hit by Chun Myung Hoon to be getting one

step closer to his dream and Yulian was taking large strides towards his

dream. (TL: I hope the author is not trying to say that he was getting

beat up quite a bit!)

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