Two days after soliciting Sin, he continued to search for talent, but could not discover it.

And Robinson contacted me that a secret detective who was letting me gather information in Paradise had come to the Empire.

I headed with Lisia to the room where Robinson was staying, as it seemed we were going to have a discussion that would determine the content of the negotiations.

Our place of stay is a luxury accommodation in Teito. Length is coming, so it is rented out.

"Well done for coming."

Robinson greeted me when I entered the room.

There's nobody in there but Robinson.

"No, naturally. By the way, don't you want Master Leng and Master Technado yet?

"You two will not participate in this discussion"

Really?

Technado understands, but Leng thought he should be in a place for discussion.

Wouldn't he want to do it in person?

Or would Robinson not have dared call you if you were in a place to have this kind of discussion because it could get in the way?

Do you have any problems with it?

"Report one thing before we discuss it. Actually, it looks like the battle has begun in Meesian."

"Huh? Has the battle begun yet?

"It seems so. First of all, it appears that Master Klan moved into the invasion of Alphada County, the county in front of Belzd. Bassamark, on the other hand, seems to have ambushed Rudawson in Pharma County and dropped him. Rudawson has a large magic stone mine and is an important area. Perhaps the enemy's strategy is to cut this resource and weaken it without losing as many soldiers as possible. There's a good governor over there who's been ambushing, so it's been a pain in the ass."

Has the war begun?

Besides, the enemy's strategy is nasty inside. If it's a long battle, it's to our disadvantage.

"Now let's get to the point. Let me start with some basic information about the state of Paradise. That's the least populated and least territorial of the seven Samaforce states. On top of that, it is also easily targeted by the enemy, as it is adjacent to almost every state.

There are multiple reasons why this state is keeping its territory uninvasive. The first would be because of the Laford Mountains on the state border between Northwest and West of Paradise and Shoots and Cansheep. Thanks to this mountain range, Schutz and Cansheep are having difficulty invading Paradise.

Another reason would be that the soldiers themselves are powerful. With high soldier proficiency and powerful healing magic that only Paradise can use, the number of soldiers is inferior, but they never pull heavily in other states. "

It's really in the middle when you see it on the map, so I was wondering why it wouldn't be invaded, but was it because of the terrain and the strength of the soldiers?

"According to information I got from a secret detective, Paradise is currently having a lot of problems. Food productivity has recently fallen due to a lack of production. Relations are deteriorating with Schutz State, which is looking for a way to drop Paradise beyond the mountains. For Schutz, paradise seems to be a state that can give you a glimpse of the state, plus a mine of healing magic stones, so you want your hands out of your throat. The Magic Stone output of that recovery is decreasing year after year,"

"You're pretty much full of problems. Isn't this convenient? Worsening relations, especially with Schutz State, will be a problem. If you are hostile to Meesians and you are going to fight Shoots, you could be attacked simultaneously from both directions."

No matter how strong the soldiers are, then Paradise will also be in danger of being invaded.

"Yes. There are advantages to working hand in hand with this one even over there. Even if it's hard to drop Shoots State alone, it could be dropped if you work with Meesians to get attacked. Food is also abundant and Meicians are available, so support is possible. Honestly, there are fewer disadvantages, so if the Governor is decent, I think he would choose to form..."

"... aren't you decent?

"Yeah, apparently the current Governor of Paradise is not a very good diplomat, and originally Schutz said he was trying to form an alliance with Paradise. If you can form alliances and cross Paradise territory, you will have the effect of allowing other states to look at you. Paradise has a policy of not letting recovery magic stones out to other houses, so we won't be able to get recovery magic stones, but we don't have to bother making them our own if we get help from Paradise soldiers.

Shoots State seemed to wish they had formed an alliance at first for more reasons than that, but the Governor of Paradise would bankrupt this story. That seemed to be a very emotional reason, not a judgment in loss. You can say that this diplomacy is a complete failure, as Paradise has nothing to gain by turning Shoots against its enemies. "

The kind of diplomacy with emotions...

When that happened, I felt like I was going to fail.

Misian would have the most evil feelings.

"Other than that, there is the problem that it is not only the House of Governors but also the people who hate Meesians. During the battle, the morale of the soldiers may be lowered."

That seems to be more than Robinson's information.

"Based on this information, let's discuss how to negotiate"