Otherworld Nation Founding Chronicles - Chapter 79

Chapter 79

For the meantime, I managed to secure the continuity of friendly relations with the Equus tribe .

Next item on the agenda is the problem regarding the Belvedere and Eville Kingdoms .

These two countries had a previous offense of banding together to try to attack the Rosyth Kingdom .

In other words, relations are completely sour .

Both kingdoms are probably vigilant against a new and radical king .

I need to directly meet them and ascertain friendly relations .

First, I headed to the Eville Kingdom .

This time, I had brought along Yal, Bartolo, and Tetra to assist me .

Ron and Gram also came along as escorts .

“It’s been a while, King Eville . ”

I greet King Eville .

He’s around his mid-forties . It’s probably the prime age as king .

Although he’s shorter than me, you can clearly see, even on top of his clothes, his firmly built body .

He gives off an image of………a warrior king .

“Aa, I’m happy to see you, King Rosyth . ”

We begin first with harmless chatter .

I was mostly asked about the wars against King Ferrum and the De Morgal Kingdom as well as the civil war .

“Good gracious, what a splendid job you did . Even though civil wars end up getting dragged on, to be able to end it within two days, it clearly is no small feat!”

Such a transparent old man, you . Didn’t you hurriedly gather your men around the time the civil war began?

Or perhaps I should say some DeBell Faction members tried to emigrate to your country causing great trouble?

Well, I would have done the same thing though, if a country were to collapse right before me .

Gradually, the topic moved towards industry .

Because the Eville Kingdom has few plains, their wheat output is little compared to ours .

On the other hand, they utilized their slopes resulting in a vibrant grape and olive industry .

Others are herding sheep and goat .

Our country is several times more superior in agricultural output plus potential .

Therefore, our two countries found no necessity to trade with each other .

Well, if we really must, I guess we could trade for wool, maybe? Our country would rather focus on agriculture rather than animal husbandry after all . If we’d be bringing up livestock, we’d focus on pork which could be turned into meat and cattle and horse, which could be used for labor .

“Since the threat of the De Morgal Kingdom had ceased to exist, the southern part of the Southern Adernia Peninsula will be peaceful for a while, yes?”

“Yes, our country also desires peace whenever possible . In any case, the amount of things we need to do domestically is as big as a mountain . ”

It’s actually the truth . We’re not in the mood for any war right now . Right now, yes?

“Let’s get along well, from now on . ”

“Yes, let’s be good neighbors . ”

We exchange handshakes .

“How was it, your majesty, King Eville?”

“Well, I guess you could say they aren’t a threat for now . I couldn’t feel any clear hostility . That said, I don’t think a young king in his teens would be satisfied with such a small kingdom . It’s probably best to strengthen our forces . ”

Presently, there are no signs of any hostile intentions . In that case, he should be preparing without arousing other nations as much as possible .

Defeat is inevitable if the Rosyth Kingdom faces the Eville Kingdom directly .

“However, we have too little information . We shall continue surveillance . As soon as we see turbulent movements, we shall immediately move to have the neighboring countries on our side . ”

“Hee, this is the Belvedere capital, huh…… . they have quite solid defenses, huh . ”

I headed to the Belvedere Kingdom immediately after the Eville Kingdom .

I brought along the same people .

“The Belvedere Kingdom is the one nearest to the Cretian colonies after all . They’re the ones most exposed to their culture . Therefore, they’re the most advanced in construction techniques amongst the Adernian states . ”

Raymond explains for me .

However, nevertheless, isn’t this still overkill?

If we say King Ferrum’s palace is a 1 and the Rosyth Kingdoms’ is a 10, then this would be a 100 .

“This is just between us, but the present Belvedere King is famous for his cowardice . Therefore, he had these much fortification built . Although this was just a famous story related to his succession…… . ”

According to Raymond, it seems a war of succession broke out after the previous king met his demise around ten years ago . At that time, the then-crown prince Belvedere had been so afraid of being killed that he had renounced his right of succession and secluded himself in a temple on top of a mountain .

After that, the eldest and third sons had simultaneously struck each other . Both ended up dying so Belvedere had been hurriedly summoned from his seclusion and made king .

The one who ran away ended up having the last laugh, huh…… .

“Hey, Bartolo . If you were to take this down, how many soldiers and how much time would it take?”

“Hmm, let’s see… . . I’d need a minimum of 10,000 soldiers . It would take around 6 months at the shortest, maybe? If we used the fire medicine,  we’d be able to shorten this to 4 months . ”

Even Bartolo would need that much time and people huh .

As expected, sieges are very troublesome .

“It’s been a long time, King Belvedere . ”

“Same here, King Rosyth . ”

King Belvedere is a man in his late forties .

Although he’s taller than me, he doesn’t give off that much of a strong impression .

Not only does he have very little muscle on him, his face doesn’t show much self-confidence, either .

His eyes are swimming .

What we talked about wasn’t that much different from the time with King Eville .

By the way, the Belvedere Kingdom’s industry doesn’t differ that much from the Rosyth Kingdom’s industry . Both countries have vast plains and a warm climate after all .

“Recently, your country seems to have been profiting from trade with Cretian merchants . ”

“Yes, we have been profiting but…?”

What in the…what about it?

“Our country’s customs income has also increased . Thanks to your country . …… . . We would like to get along from here on as well . ”

“…… . Yes, let’s get along . ”

Between our country and the Cretian colonies lies the Belvedere Kingdom .

In other words, if they were to do things such as raise the tariff and blockade the borders, then Cretians wouldn’t be able to enter our country .

This guy has just hinted me that .

Not just with timidity… .

“We have considerably weakened the De Morgal Kingdom’s power . There won’t be any wars for the meantime, yes? As expected, peace is……the best, don’t you agree?”

“It’s completely as you say…… . . is hard for me to say . At any rate, our country is still embroiled with border disputes with Lezzad . ”

The Belvedere Kingdom and Lezzad (a Cretian Colony) have sour relations .

The reason is simple – between the borders of the Belvedere Kingdom and Lezzad lies various small to medium sized states where large numbers of mixed Cretian and Adernian peoples live .

The two countries are fighting over the leadership over those states .

“Your country is one of us, the seven kingdoms . Naturally…”

“Our country would have you let us take a neutral stance . ”

That’s only natural . There’s no way we’d join your territorial problems .

Besides, we’re generally trading with Lezzad, you know?

It would seem my reply was within his expectations as King Belvedere’s expression didn’t change much .

He doesn’t seem to be angry .

Well, it’s intolerable whenever these things are collapse .

“Is that so . I guess that’s regrettable . Well, we’re happy that you’d take up a neutral stance . Should the occasion arise, we would like to have you intervene . ”

“Our country desires peace . It’s only natural, as people, for us to lend our hands to that peace . ”

I say something I don’t really mean .

My war policy is to cultivate relations with distant countries while conquering nearby ones . If there comes a chance, it might be a pincer attack .

In any case, I managed to reconfirm favorable relations with both countries and obtain assurances of peace .

……at least officially .

“That brat . There’s no mistaking his ambitions . ”

King Belvedere mutters .

He had four reasons to believe so .

First, his expression when they talked about the tariffs . His face looks as if he didn’t mind it that much .

Cretian trade should have been a very important for that country right now .

In other words, ‘if we annexed this country then tariffs and what not would be nothing but crap’……he’s probably thinking that .

Second, his emphasis and repetition of peace . It’s conversely suspicious .

Third, if he really wanted to intensify peaceful relations then he should have proposed an exchange of prisoners .

Him not doing so means he’s probably not thinking even a little bit about peace .

Fourth, the eyes . Those are eyes filled with ambition .

They were the same…… . completely the same as the ones my brothers had when they fought each other to the end .

Though it would seem he had intended to hide them skillfully… .

In the first place, that new king is just a young person in his teens . It’s an age where one tends to act aggressively .

Besides, he has the achievement of a great victory over the De Morgal Kingdom .

There’s no way he won’t perform military movements .

However, at the same time, his desire to maintain peace is probably true .

He had just assumed his role as king, so he probably still hasn’t put a close to domestic issues .

You can infer and understand that much just from him needing to conduct that large scale of a purge .

I dare say he won’t move his military for a minimum of around two years as deferment .

On the contrary, you could say that this country would get destroyed in two years’ time .

As far as that’s concerned, the moment of truth would be in two years . In that time, it’s necessary to reduce that country’s national power .

“First, we should try calling out to King Eville and King De Morgal… . ”

King Belvedere decides on his foreign policy for the immediate future .

That is, a coalition against the Rosyth Kingdom .

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