When Sarika Jonah slammed the door with her saber in the face of frost, this "different" meeting was temporarily over.

In the extremely embarrassing atmosphere, whether it was the knight lords of Byrne or the counts of Boe, they said goodbye one after another, and the expressions on their faces became more and more exciting, and they didn't even know what was going on until they left.

Eckert, who sighed for a long time, did not say anything more at last, but walked out without looking back with the stunned Earl Angett;

And Seth Braha, who was pale and had been trying to hold the black-haired wizard for something, was dragged away by his brother-in-law and uncle Bosival, and even his mouth was covered by him and he couldn't make a sound;

It wasn't until the moment before he left that Master Harlevan Ashamai stood in front of Loren and the little wizard, and looked at them for a long time with those eyes that were full of justice, which was meaningful.

But in the end, he just patted Loren on the shoulder, slowly turned away, and didn't say much.

The black-haired wizard was silent, his gaze lowered as he surveyed the map table in front of him.

Well... Although the process is tortuous and complicated, and there are some less "harmonious" hiccups and there may be a big mess at the end, it ......

At least it's going well, isn't it?

The conflict between this meeting is that Miss Salica, the heir of the House of Jonah, wants to use Byrne's power to seize control of the war and accumulate prestige for her succession... It's as simple as that.

The problem is that the black-haired wizard himself needs this war, and he needs prestige even more than Salika Jonah - and more importantly, he hates being led around by the nose, or coerced by any kind.

It would have been a good outcome if Salika Jonah had been able to sit down and negotiate calmly with her brother, Duke Ully Wirts, like Luth's brother, and come to a fairer and more equitable agreement with each other.

But the moment Salika completely ruined her plan, it proved that this wolf-like girl had no intention of negotiating at all, she just wanted to empty gloves white wolf.

And Ain's last move did ruin her plans - in the words of the little wizard, she couldn't resist a challenge from a helpless wizard.

But that's definitely not what I want to see.

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"Can you explain?"

In the empty tent, Loren in front of the map table forced a calm look at the little wizard in front of him, especially when she showed a blank expression.

Lusen and McAfee stayed outside, but they were covered by a thick, sturdy cowhide tent, and they didn't worry about their conversation being overheard.

"Explain what?" Ain, with a determined expression, blinked, not evading it at all.

"Ain, you ......" Loren suddenly felt a little depressed, sighed and looked at the little wizard: "This matter is not what you see, it was not so simple from the beginning. ”

"As you can see, the unreasonable or crazy actions she made were just a means to force me to make concessions - in fact, she was very calm from start to finish!"

"I know, that's why I'm going to stand up and help you!"

The stubborn Al took a step forward, staring at Loren with wide eyes: "As long as I stand up and challenge her, I won't ruin the relationship between Byrne and Boe because of this - then her plan will be in vain, won't it?"

"Only yours, as a friend, can stand up and turn this into a personal vendetta rather than a feud between the two principalities, which no other Byrne knight can do!"

The sonorous words echoed in the quiet tent.

Loren was silent for a long time, for Ain's theory was so infallible that he could not find any good reason to refute it.

Because it's a good plan, but... He simply didn't want Ain to take risks, even if he knew very well that with Ain's archery skills and so many people around, the probability of danger was basically less than one in 10,000.

Even if he knew that she had gone through countless adventures with himself in the past few years.

"Anyway... I disagree. Loren retorted weakly: "This is just a gain or loss of one city and one place, and the opportunity to recover the Thousand Tent City is nothing to give her, we still have a battle to fight." ”

"No, she's sure to build up her reputation through the battle to recover the Thousand Tents, and then make you her vassal in this war!"

"Y-How are you so sure?!"

"Because that's what a guy did when he was in the Oldwood Forest, and when he was in Ebolden!" the little wizard stared at him, his face puffing out in anger: "Some big liar——!"

"......" Loren Turin.

"Anyway, I've challenged her, and even if you try to stop me, that Miss Salika Jonah won't say yes. ”

The stubborn Ain hugged his shoulders angrily, his expression suddenly changed, and he looked at the black-haired wizard with suspicion: "You want to stop me so much, do you really want to marry her?"

"W-Where do you start?!"

The wide-eyed Loren suddenly stood on end, and stood up directly like a thunderbolt on the top of his head: "How could I agree to such a ridiculous request?!"

"Really?" the little wizard's eyes grew less and less convinced... She had never believed this big liar.

"It's true, wronged!" Loren couldn't be as calm as usual: "I can't talk about knowing her at all, today is the first time we met, and you just saw it... It's not a 'harmonious' atmosphere, is it?"

"Besides, why do you think I'm going to fall in love with a girl who we meet for the first time, don't know each other at all, and always look like I can't wait to eat me and eat me alive?!"

Seeing that Loren wanted to write "I am innocent" on his face, the little wizard, who had been silent for a long time, pouted and thought about it, and finally said:

"She's beautiful and also... It was lovely. ”

"Is that the point?!"

Loren looked at her in shock: "I'm a wizard... I'm not a wizard like Isaac, but I'm a wizard - I follow absolute sanity and calm judgment, rather than letting emotions control my thoughts and let anyone interfere with my judgment!"

"Let me give you a random example... Well, Ain, after I became Dalton Kander's apprentice, have you ever seen me trust any outsider—especially a woman—as I did when we were captured?"

Hearing this, the little wizard looked slightly drunk, snorted coldly, turned his head and muttered quietly, "Who knows you......"

"It's true, Mentor Dalton Candle has had a very deep impact on me. Loren licked his dry lips and excused himself with some excitement:

"I have a lot of friends, Leah, Leuwen, Peter, Edward, Charlotte...... But there is none of them that would make me trust them the way I trust you - I don't want to rank trust, but in fact I trust you more than I trust Isaac. ”

"You, you idiot......" Ain blushed suddenly, "What are you talking about......"

"Emotionally, I have absolute control over myself. Loren, who was in a hurry to argue, didn't hear what she was saying:

"Do you remember the day of the Midsummer feast? You went back to bed early and I stayed late, and when I got back to my room I met a drunken Charlotte, and she ...... straight away."

"Huh?"

The blush faded away, and the little wizard turned his head to look at him, "She... What happened then?"

"She... I cried straight at that time. Sweating coldly, Loren swallowed his saliva and showed a stiff but polite smile: "As a wizard, I will never indulge my emotions like this." ”

"Of course, that's not the point, the point is that I can't let my friend risk this kind of bad thing - she can give her if she wants, I can still find a way to win it back, what does it matter?"

"And as a friend, the last thing I want is for my friend to lose to someone else. ”

The little wizard, who smiled softly and stood on tiptoe, patted Loren on the shoulder:

"Cheer me on!"