"Nice to meet you. I'm Ars von Barca. See you later."
"It's Harold Wong Xyria. Nice to meet you, Lord Ars."
"Now, as soon as possible, shall we pack our stories for the future, Lord Harold? The first is about Lord Harold's position. Check this out."
"Let me take a look. Hmm, there may be an increase depending on the work as well as the relief of receipt. Is this true?
"Yeah, it's a document officially recognized by Master Carlos. I'm not lying."
"... but what about this? Like sending my family to the capital of Fontana?
"Oh, that's not just for Lord Harold, it's for all the knights in Fontana territory. My family is in the city of Fontana, along with Lord Peacha, who defends Fort Einrad."
"... do we have to send the kids too? The Xyrians have ruled this city of Xyria as a territory for generations. I want my kids to grow up in this city."
"You can't do that, Lord Harold. In Fontana territory, his wife has also decided to move with him to the city of Fontana. The new oath of allegiance to Fontana, Lord Harold, suddenly breaks that decision and you will not gain credibility."
"Gu,... ok. Get ready to send my family to the city of Fontana."
"Thank you for understanding, Lord Harold. So let's think about what we're doing after this."
Barca, who was ordered to crusade Urk, was ready and then headed east as soon as possible.
It proceeded further northeast via Fort Einrad and came to Xyria, Urk's second city.
Barca came to Xyria ahead of him, but after this, soldiers are sent from Fort Einrad, as well as from Burma, a city that was previously a long-standing disputed area north of Einrad dropped by Carlos.
Even the soldiers of Xyria would be quite a force if they joined there.
Ulk, who used to have more soldiers to mobilize than Fontana, has also halved its forces.
Not only did they take the Einlad hills and Burmese cities, which were the disputed land of both houses, but even Xyria was thus set to disobey.
But we need to do more damage to the Wolks before we push another fight.
"First of all, there's something I really need to do. You understand, don't you, Lord Harold?
"... I know. Drop your name, Lord Ars."
"Exactly. The Xyrians will abandon Urk more than this and pledge allegiance to Fontana. Which naturally means that Urk's name can be discarded and given a name by Fontana."
"I know. I know that, Lord Ars. But could you just give me a little respite?
"... respite? You think there's something like that?
"Exactly. I really need to do something before I dump Urk's name. Wouldn't that be the last thing you'd let me do?"
"What Lord Harold has to do? What is it, that?
"Persuasion. With your forgiveness, I will now head to the Urk realm capital to persuade my lord. He told me to surrender to Fontana."
"To the Urk family owner? Exactly. The other side won't accept that. This is the pattern that has been fought adjacent to each other for many years. Doesn't it ever go down to the military gates of Fontana no matter how bad the situation is?
"... may be so. But as it is, the Urks will crumble. That's all I want to avoid at all costs. Please, Lord Ars. Exactly. Will you give me a chance to persuade my lord?"
Harold lowering his head while it's good.
He's bowing his head against me, even though he would obviously feel better about himself if he were.
How important is the Urk family?
You mean you should have lost all your trust from the Urk at heart, but still do your loyalty?
I just thought I couldn't let this get in the way.
Lion also told me to show my heart of forgiveness, and most importantly, if Harold's persuasion succeeded, the Urks would fall under Fontana without a fight.
I also wonder if that reduces the risk of Urk, but it might be easier to leave the balance in that area to Carlos and Lion.
"... ok. Lord Harold's loyal heart is painfully clear to me, too. Fine. Lord Harold will soon head to the Urk capital to persuade the Urk family owners."
"Oh, thank you, Lord Ars. Thank you."
"However, there are conditions. Lord Harold's family will be transferred to Fontana territory first. Is that good?
"Okay. Always try to convince the Lord."
Thus Harold took a minimal offering from Xyria to the Urk Territory Capital.
And it was precisely that night that I was raided.