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Chapter 81 - I Really Want To See It

The envoy trembled at Ian’s declaration. He must have felt unbearably insulted. 

“How dare you say that to the crown prince of the empire! You will regret what you just said!”

“What regret?”

Ian smirked. Then he stretched out his sword and roared.

“All troops! Arms!”

“Ha!”

The soldiers raised their arms at Ian’s orders. Just one word. As soon as Ian ordered them to arm, everyone readied to rush.

The envoy’s face hardened at the unexpected turn of events.

“How rude. Knowing who’s in this carriage…”

“It’s all because of your crafty tongue. If you want to complain, you better do it there.”

“…!”

The envoy, with face ashen, shouted toward the empire’s troops.

“What are you looking at! Are you going to just watch their rudeness!”

Then the imperial army moved.

Clink. Clink. Clink.

They formed a square and began to slowly advance, each movement displaying the high discipline drilled into their bodies.

Seeing that, Fiosen whispered to Ian with a stiff face.

“It was by Your Highness’s order, but can we really do this? At this rate, a war will break out.”

He seemed rather worried.

It might be natural for him as a Lavaltor, who had been in charge of fending off the barbarians of the North and Cantum, to worry.

But Ian smiled.

“That’s all right. War won’t break out over this anyway.”

“What? What are you talking about?”

It was because Ian knew.

In the first place, it didn’t make sense for the crown prince to move directly over this.

‘The crown prince is under pressure at his homeland and abroad because of his own circumstances. He needs this kind of achievement to ascend the throne.’

On top of that, Cantum was fighting with another country. 

It must have been troublesome to deal with Kaistein and Bahara at once.

That’s why he chose this.

A way to take on Kaistein and Bahara without spilling a single drop of blood.