"Mona!! ~”

With Mona's screams, Beladona, dressed in a one-piece swimsuit, hugged Mona and slid all the way down the slide into the pool, making a splash.

A new swimming pool has been built in the Demon King's Castle, and a slide has been built where about twenty Mona are playing with the Demon Princess Nana (another name for Beladonna).

Outside the pool, there was a group of Mona who were watching the Monas who were playing in the pool.

"Mona ......" Mona onlookers looked at the demon king sitting on a deck chair next to the pool basking in the sun with a sad face.

The pool is obviously so spicy, but only twenty Mona are allowed to enter the water, and the Demon King is too picky. The Mona, who were forbidden to enter the water, could only look at the Mona who were playing in the pool with pitiful expressions.

Under the umbrella by the pool, Green lies under a sun lounger, listening to Alice's report.

Next to Green, Alice was dressed in uniform and holding a document, reporting to Green about her work: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent back a message that the Wood Onahise Elves have rejected our proposal to demarcate the border. ”

"Huh?" Green's eyes widened, "Why?" Those elves are sick, right? The war has been fought like this, and you are still holding on to it? ”

Alice: "The Woodonassie Elves insist that Elven Bay has been the territorial waters of the Elves since ancient times. ”

"I don't understand it." Green sat up from the recliner, "Did those elves make any conditions?" ”

Alice: "The Elves of Wood Onassee proposed that the median line between the two landmasses be used as the dividing line between the two seas. ”

"The middle line of the land on both sides ......" Green called up the system interface and glanced at the map, "This division is really weird enough. Did the elves say how to divide the sea to the north near the Dwarven Hills? ”

Elven Bay is like a "冂" character, with the sea in the middle, the territory of Mona Kingdom on the left, the fairy forest on the right, and the Frost and Snow Fang Mountains occupied by dwarves and frost giants above. At most, the border between the two land powers can be divided by using the middle line as the division, but the border line on the dwarven side is a bit difficult to draw.

Alice: "Traditionally, dwarves don't have the ability to take over the surface oceans, so don't worry. As for those frost and snow giants, they are basically tribes, and they don't even have a unified government, so they are not countries at all. ”

"Wow~ Dwarves are too miserable, right?" Green frowned slightly, "This division model feels very unreasonable. Dwarves don't have the ability to occupy the sea now, but that doesn't mean that others won't have the ability to occupy the ocean in the future. If all the territorial waters of the dwarves are taken away, and the dwarves build their own navy in the future, the dwarves will definitely be dissatisfied with this "discriminatory" way of demarcating the border, which will lead to contradictions and conflicts. ”

"This kind of thing can be considered when the dwarves have a navy." Alice didn't seem to feel anything wrong with this, "If you want to be recognized by others, you must first have the ability to defend it!" It is better to give the territory that cannot be defended to those who can defend it. ”

There is no "Convention on the Sea" in this world, and the demarcation of maritime borders depends on the game between the two countries. Dwarves are afraid of water, so they have almost no navy, so it is naturally difficult to influence the ocean. The same principle also exists in the underground world, because it is difficult for humans, elves and other creatures to fight in the underground world, so the underground world is basically the territory of dwarves, goblins and dark elves, and there is likely to be a dwarf city-state or kingdom under the surface human kingdom.

"Hmm...... Having said that, if you have the chance, you should sign a formal border contract with the dwarven kingdom and completely determine the demarcation of the border in writing, which can also avoid future conflicts. Grimm paused, "It would be nice if we could pull the dwarves to our side." ”

"I'm afraid it's hard. The covenant between dwarves and elves can even go back to mythological times. Although the dwarves of today are very different from the ancient dwarves of mythological times, and the elves have divided into multiple races, the covenant between them is still very strong. ”

"Oh?" Green frowned slightly, "Isn't there any conflict between elves and dwarves?" ”

"Of course there are conflicts. Elves often laugh at dwarves for being rude, and dwarves for making elves weak. ”

"No, I mean that conflict of interest." Greene paused, "Well, I think I can already understand why the covenant between the two races is so stable. One lives in the forest, the other in the cave; One produces a lot of grain but has backward smelting technology, and the other has a large demand for grain but excellent smelting technology, and the two races are perfectly complementary. ”

Alice looked down and thought for a moment, "It's exactly what you say. Although elves and dwarves are often seen arguing with each other, the relationship at the political level has been stable. I hadn't thought much about it before, but when I heard you say that, I suddenly understood a little. ”

"What do you think of the conditions put forward by those elves?"

"In the eyes of those elves, this kind of border demarcation is 'fair'."

"Hmm...... I can't understand the way the elves think. Green frowned deeply, "At the moment, we have an overwhelming advantage in naval battles. ”

"The elves are notoriously arrogant, and even if we have the upper hand in naval battles, it doesn't make them give in."

"These elves are really ......," Green had a feeling that he didn't know how to describe it, "did the royal family of Northbold encounter these bad things back then?" ”

"The wife of the ancestor of the Northboy royal family is a high elf, and the royal family of Northbord and the royal family of the half-elven kingdom of Havrera also have marriages, and they also have various friendships with the major families of the Elven Republic of Woodonasi. In short, the friendship between the royal family of Northbod and the elves is not shallow. ”

Green had a ghostly expression on his face: "Friendship? Can people-to-people friendship be more important than the interests of countries? ”

Alice frowned slightly: "This is normal." Elves have a long lifespan, and the ruling class is basically golden, and there is even no shortage of legend ranks, if for the benefit of others, their hearts are haze or distorted, then it is obviously not worth it, right? ”

"Huh?" Green looked confused, feeling a little incomprehensible, "Why?" ”

"Isn't that normal?" Alice also had an incomprehensible expression on her face, "The interests of the country are not exactly the same as their own interests. ”

"No, no. That's not what I want to know. Green frowned and thought carefully for a moment, "Hmm...... Repeat what you just said. ”

"Elves have a long lifespan, so the ruling class is basically golden or even legendary."

Greene: "No, it's the latter sentence. ”

Alice thought for a moment: "If you make your own mind haze or distort for the benefit of others, then ......"

"That's right! That's it! Green clapped his hands, "What happens if the mind is clouded or distorted?" ”

Alice's eyes couldn't help but widen: "Lord Demon King, haven't you ever lost control of your strength because of mental instability?" ”

"Nope." Green blinked, "Could it be that ordinary people lose control of their strength because they are in a bad mood?" ”

Alice was silent for a long time: "Ordinary people don't. However, it is said that the stronger the power, the higher the requirements of the mind, and only a strong will can control a strong power. ”

"Huh? Is that so? Green touched his chin, "So have you ever lost control of your strength?" ”

Alice was silent for a while: "I had the experience of losing control of my power after an hour, and I almost died at that time. Later, although he survived, there was a blood conflict, and he became a wasted person from then on. ”

"Well...... Green, touching his chin, "that is, even in the 'wizarding world', do you need to be able to think?" ”

Green asked himself, he often seemed to do things against his heart's will, but his strength had always been steady.

With a hint of curiosity, Green looked at his system interface. Is it because my power is under the management of the "system", so it will not get out of control?

The system interface can be turned off, but Green has never done that, at most, it is to control the "virtual godhead" control valve for energy.

"Could it be...... The reason why I don't have a 'heart like the world' is because the virtual godhead has locked up some of my powers? Green's eyes slowly lit up.