Chapter 33: The Envoy

Returning from Lochon to Seva, Asana learned from Shariq that in the months since she left, her Sinwa and the local Seva had not gotten along well, and there were even more and more conflicts between them. Seeing this, she couldn't help but feel a headache about it.

She knew that Chief Amarahan had made the Sewars contribute a lot of food reserves in order to help the Sinwa refugees, which in itself caused some Seva to be dissatisfied. At the same time, to the displeasure of the locals, Sinwa refugees began to build houses on the shores of Lake Seva in large numbers, thus occupying more of the land that would otherwise belong to them. In addition, the two ethnic groups are also in constant dispute because of various differences in livestock breeding, trade prices, and management methods.

Also troubled by the intensifying tensions between the two communities is the Sewa chief Amaraham. He had expected that the army of Azor would soon be evacuated from Sinwa, and that the refugees from Sinwa would soon leave and return to their homeland. However, according to the information reported by the scouts, Azor had no intention of evacuating Sinwa, and their series of constructions in Sinwa seemed to indicate that the Azor people intended to occupy it permanently, and set it up as their base camp in the Kaldo Desert.

Seeing the development of events drifting away from his own predictions, Amara felt more and more uneasy and threatened as a rare large number of Sinwa refugees who seemed to be staying in his territory for so long.

"I don't think we can stay here any longer." Asana walked slowly to the lake alone, and she found Kutsaya, who was sitting on the shores of Lake Seva, and she sat down beside her, and spoke to her.

"Sala, Kai is back? It brought a message from Noor? Kutsaia looked up at Asana as she sat down beside her and asked her.

"Not yet." Asana whispered as she looked at the blue waves in the lake.

"It's been so long since Nurdu went, why hasn't he replied?" Kutsaia asked in confusion with her hands on her knees.

"Nurta.." Asana thought for a moment, "He must have taken that matter very seriously, so he shouldn't let Kai come back until he's very sure." ”

"Oh... But Sala, where can we go until we get news of Noor? There was a hint of sorrow between Kutsaya's words, "Actually, Uncle Amalahan is really merciful enough to take us and our people in. ”

"He's a good guy." Asana turned to look at a group of Seva children playing by the lake in the distance, and she sighed and said, "Sadly, there is only one Amarah, and this vast land is obviously the territory of our Khaldons, but it is difficult for us to have a place to stay. ”

"Sarah.... Sometimes I wonder if this might not have been the case if we hadn't left Hesah. Kutsaia lowered her gaze and looked at her toes.

"Don't mention the past." Asana also showed a trace of regret, "At that time, we were not only for ourselves, but also for him. ”

Kutsya was silent for a moment, "Sala, do you remember that Sohrabian?" ”

"Of course I do. What, do you miss him? Asana asked Kutsya with a slight smile.

Still looking at her toes, Kutsaia said, "I remember he told us if we had trouble in the future....... You can go to Miluo Mountain to find him. ”

"Kutsaia, are we all going to start counting on him alone after the other tribes and Iloh refuse to help us?" "He's just a man, and he's not a king or a lord of any country. Even if he is willing to help us, what can he bring to our entire people? His help, I think, was too limited. ”

"Sara, you know, he's a man, but he seems to be magical. Remember those guards? It was as if they were asleep. "Sohrabian can always come and go without a trace. ”

"Kutsaia, if we're just looking for a place for the two of us, then we might be able to go to him, and he does have a lot of skills. But now, we are to be with our people, and whatever we do next, even if it is to take revenge on the Athors, we must settle our people first. "They're the most important thing." ”

"Yes.. Sala, I understand.... Kutseya nodded slightly, she hesitated for a moment and then spoke, "You also let Nur go to Dimi for the sake of your people, right?" ”

"It's also for you, Kutsaia." Asana stroked Kutsaia's drooping hair and said, "I also hope that you can have a rich life and no longer run around and suffer." ”

"Sara, I'm so satisfied to be with you all the time." Kutsaia took Asana's hand and said affectionately.

While the two were talking, the originally calm Oasis of Seva suddenly became noisy, and Asana got up to look and saw that the children who had just made a mess had also run away, and on the side of the big tent, it seemed that something important had attracted them.

"Sarah, Chief Amarahan wants to ask you over." A thick-bearded, dull-skinned, robed Sinwa warrior with a scimitar at his waist ran to Asana and said. Asana turned her head and saw that it was none other than Shariq.

"What happened? Sharik. ”

"A group of Atholl envoys have just arrived." "They have entered the Sheva chieftain's tent. ”

Asana turned to Kutsya in astonishment and looked at Kutsya before saying, "Okay, I'll go right away." ”

"Sala." Asana was about to walk there when Shariq suddenly stopped her and said, "Sala, I think you should think twice about whether it will be dangerous to go. ”

"What's the danger?"

Shariq lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid Chief Amarahan will betray you. Although I don't know what the Asol people talked to him, I was disturbed by his friendly attitude towards the envoys of Asol. ”

"It should be fine." "Uncle Amarahand is a man you can trust. Although the people on both sides of the clan are not getting along well now, he has been helping us. ”

"Sala, if you want to go, wait until I have gathered the soldiers to go with you. How's that? Shariq said.

Asana was silent for a moment, "No need, it's just a group of Atholl's envoys." ”

"Sala, you'd better be careful." Kutsaya stepped forward and said.

Asana nodded slightly, and she pulled the veil from behind her hair and hung it over her ear, obscuring her stunning countenance.

She then went outside the Seva Tent, accompanied by Shariq. Outside the tent, Asana saw that outside Amarahand's tent were several Athor soldiers who had come with his envoys.

Asana glanced at them with hatred, then walked into the tent. Shariq, with a scimitar in hand, stood outside the tent and kept them on high alert.

Seeing Asana approaching the tent, Amarahan smiled and invited her to sit on the cushion on his right. Asana saw that across from her were three envoys from Athor.

"Asana, my children, these are the envoys of Athore, and they have come to our Seva this time to express their friendship to Seva, and they have something to say to you." Amarahan said to Asana with a smile.

Asana nodded to Amarahan. Then she turned to the envoy of Asur, who was sitting in the middle, wearing an emerald Athol top hat, and said in Asor, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

The three Athor envoys looked at each other after hearing Asana's words, and then all three envoys stood up, and after they bowed respectfully to Asana, the envoy wearing the green Asor hat spoke, "Princess Asana, it is our honor to see you again. ”

"There is no imperial concubine here." Sitting on the cushion on her side, Asana said with a determined gaze, "There is only Azor's enemy here, Sara's Sinva. I want you to finish what you have to say as soon as possible. Preferably bad news about Yasor. ”

The envoy smiled awkwardly, "Your Royal Highness, I have come this time on behalf of the King of the East of Asol, not to make enemies, but to make friends. ”

"Then you're in the wrong place." Asana said decisively, "Please go back." ”

"Asana, my child, don't be angry just yet. Let's listen to the news that the envoy has brought us. After Amarahan and the other interpreters told him Asana's words, he smiled and said to Asana, "They even expressed their willingness to return the Sinwa Oasis to you." ”

Asana glanced at the envoy in surprise.

"Your Royal Highness, we are here this time to be friendly to the major tribes of Khaldo. At the same time, the king of the east hoped that the various tribes of Caldo would form an alliance with Asol. The envoy said.

"Did I hear me right? It's ridiculous that wolves form alliances with sheep. Asana remained angry, "What the hell are you trying to do?" ”

"Her Royal Highness." The envoy said, "The king of the east wants Caldo to form an alliance with Azor so that they can jointly fend off the threat from the east. ”

"Iro's threat?" Asana shook her head and smiled, and then said, "It's ridiculous. ”

The three envoys looked at each other twice, and then one of them continued, "Your Highness, the King of the East, he just wants to attack Iro through Caldo. ”

"He's going to attack Ilo through Caldo?" Asana said disdainfully, "Didn't you just say that you would jointly defend against the threat from Iro? It's a mouthful of lies. ”

"Her Royal Highness..." The envoy said, "There are now three great tribes of Khaldo who have offered to help the king of the east with their troops and financial resources when he attacks Ilo. Of course, the king of the East will not treat his allies badly, and he will promise that the Kaldo tribes, who are willing to form an alliance, will never be violated by anyone. ”

"Not being violated by anyone? It is you Athorians who have been encroaching on us. This is not an alliance at all, but you want all of us Caldians to submit to Azor! Asana said with a little excitement.

"Your Royal Highness, you shouldn't understand it like that. I know that you are also a Khaldo, and you are a clansman. The King of the East also made a special promise on this matter, saying that if you would help him, he would be willing to return Sinwa to your people and let your people return to their homeland. He also said that if you would like to be a guest in Apolly Twilight, he would welcome you as well. ”

"This demon who killed my father and brother. I wanted to hang him from a poplar tree. Asana turned to Amarahan and said, "Uncle, I don't want to see the Athorians again, I hope you can drive them away." ”

Amalahan spread his hands in embarrassment and did not speak.

The envoy said to Asana, "Your Royal Highness, Chief Seva has already expressed his willingness to form an alliance with us Yasor. ”

"What! Is this true? Asana was surprised and panicked and asked him, "Uncle Amarahand, you actually agreed to them?" To make an alliance with Asol? ”

"Asana, my child, I'm sorry.... There are times when we can't be emotional. "I hope you will also consider the plan they have brought, so that you, my child, can also lead your people back to Sinwa to continue their lives." ”

"It's clearly a trap. How could the Athorians let us live in peace, how could you believe the words of the Athorians. It's hard to believe... Feeling so lonely and helpless that she was on the verge of tears at one point, Asana choked up and continued, "Uncle, they are the enemies who have slaughtered my relatives and people and invaded our homeland. ”

Amara's rare helpless appearance of Asana was also deeply sympathetic, and he was silent for a moment before saying helplessly, "My child, no one wants war. We in Seva also do not want war, let alone war with Yasor. If there was a better way to give people peace of mind, I would not have agreed to them. ”

Asana looked at Amarahan and didn't speak, she felt tears roll in her eyes.

Amarahan spread his hands and continued, "All you need to do is give some necessary manpower and help to the army of Athol who is going out to Ilo, and I don't think anyone else will refuse this condition." ”

"No, if it were me, I wouldn't say yes." Holding back tears, Asana said firmly to Amaraham, "I don't want to see my people survive under the rule of Azar. ”

"Your Royal Highness, I hope you will think about it. It's good for all of us. The envoy saw Asana, who was a little excited, and spoke.

"Uncle, thank you for always taking care of my people." After saying goodbye to Amarahand, Asana quickly turned and left the Great Horde of Seva.