Veronica looked at Brand with a bit of helplessness, noting that this young man's view of the Kruz was extrely bad. Of course, this was due to the mutual hostility between the two nations, stemming from historical grudges. Although this general hostility among ordinary people didn't prevent her from appreciating the young man from a higher perspective, Brand's constant display of animosity towards the Empire made her sowhat amused.
She didn't quite understand how soone as smart as Brand could let decades-old hatred blind him, given his outlook should far exceed that of the Empire and Erune's most basic populace. Naturally, Veronica wouldn't comprehend that Brand's hostility towards the Kruzians was because of 'the events that will happen in the future'—a rationale that, if expressed, would likely be considered a madman's ramblings by this Empire's Female War God.
Brand coughed once, rembering that he stood next to an imperial general—especially with Veronica's smile making him sowhat uncomfortable, he quickly changed the topic: Actually, I wanted to say... Lord Veronica, you want to help the Gray Sword Saint restore his country, but that's not easy, is it?"
"You should know better than I, Lady Veronica," he asured his words: "The Empire is controlled by the Noble Council, so even if it has Emperor's support, it will face opposition from several major nobles... Not to ntion, the grudge between the Gray Sword Saint and the Kruz Empire now can't be explained simply by a single territory. Back during the Royal Capital event, you should know how many officer cadets from the Imperial Academy he killed. Those young elites are an invaluable loss to the Empire today. I heard the Empire has set a bounty of tens of millions to capture Mr. phisto, which isn't a small amount."
"You seem very knowledgeable about the Empire's affairs?"
"Oh, not at all, just ordinary knowledge." Brand hurriedly showed humility, making the Empire's Female War God aware that he had a belly full of bad intentions waiting to be unleashed upon the Empire, which was no joke.
"Humph! This guy looks to constantly have it out for us Imperials, though I don't know why he's so deeply resentful, but I think even for this reason alone, it's enough to motivate him to thoroughly study our Empire's history!" At this point, Faina, who had been quiet for quite a while, suddenly chid in, giving Brand a big roll of her eyes.
Brand was sowhat surprised, Faina's words seed sarcastic towards him, yet they seed to defend him. He couldn't help feeling a chill; was the imperial young lady really being kind-hearted? There must be a conspiracy here!
However, Veronica seed to accept this explanation, nodding: "You're right, this proposal is impossible to pass in the Empire."
"... Are you really deceiving him?" Brand couldn't help but be impressed, even daring to deceive the likes of the Gray Sword Saint, whom ordinary people wouldn't offend, politics is politics indeed, ah, truly deserving of being called thick-skinned and cold-hearted.
"Can't you think of sothing positive, why do young people today have so many bad ideas, how could I, the Emperor's Army Commander, just mislead people casually." Veronica glared at him without goodwill: "Of course what I'm saying is true."
"But didn't you an…"
"I ant I can't do it, but that doesn't an you can't." Veronica interrupted him.
"? Wait," Brand suddenly realized what Veronica intended: "Why should I help him restore the country, restoring a country isn't a simple matter. Besides, this seems to be your deal, how can you just drag into it?" He couldn't help but grumble with discontent.
"How could it be," the Empire's Female War God looked at him deliberately, "Little fellow, I could just walk away. Yet I took the risk to stay and persuade him to help you deal with Andesa, don't you think you owe a favor?"
Brand imdiately shook his head like a rattling tambourine: "Centuries ago, the Empire owed much to the Eruein people, so let's call it even, a debt repaid."
Veronica was both amused and annoyed, this kid was playing tricks, what kind of talk is this, can this even be considered settled? She couldn't help but reach out to poke his forehead: "It's not that simple, besides, this matter isn't entirely bad for you, I think you should realize that, don't act spoiled with here!"
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