Chapter 1012: Taboo zone


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    "I want information on this ce." I suddenly said to the prime minister and chancellor after returning to the meeting room.


    The others had been patiently waiting for us, but they were caught off guard by my sudden request.


    Some of them even had strange looks on their faces when they saw where I was pointing on the map.


    That was because they came from the kingdom that was near the ce that I was pointing, so they were familiar with the ce that I was referring to. Only, none of them could understand why I was pointing to that ce.


    After all, that ce was considered a taboo zone for them.


    The prime minister and chancellor also had confused looks on their faces as they didn''t understand why I would suddenly ask about this ce.


    But in the end, the prime minister said, "It''s a taboo zone on the border of the Vikal Kingdom known as the Land of Giants. It''s a ce where a small tribe of giants has settled and a ce that is left alone because of said tribe of giants."


    After a pause, he looked at me with narrowed eyes and asked, "What are you nning to do?" He didn''t even bother waiting until we were in private to ask this, he asked this in front of everyone because he wanted to use them to pressure me.


    If he had asked me in private, I might have made some kind of excuse that would have stopped him from asking any further. But since we were in front of everyone, I had to at least give him a proper answer.


    That was why he had done this.


    I understood, so I said, "Now that we''ve taken over all of the surrounding countries and made our kingdom much stronger, there is no doubt that we will pose a threat to the giants. It''s only a matter of time before theye at us, either with words or with force."


    Then after a pause, I continued by saying, "Though in the case of the giants, it''s more likely that they will use force rather than words."


    Everyone had serious looks on their faces when they heard this.


    Eventually, the group from the Vikal Kingdom slowly nodded in agreement.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The Land of Giants was on the border between the Vikal Kingdom and another kingdom, so they were the ones that knew the giants best after being neighbours with them for so long. They knew that the giants weren''t as keen on using negotiation when they could solve matters with force.


    Or rather, it was better to say that their method of negotiating was with force.


    So it would be unlikely that they woulde to build a rtionship with the new Kite Kingdom.


    It was very likely that they would even start harassing the borders of the new Kite Kingdom just to show that they weren''t to be provoked. They would be waiting for us to send someone to talk to them so they would have the upper hand.


    That was also why the prime minister was against this.


    But first...


    "Just what exactly are you nning on doing?" The prime minister asked with knitted brows. The way that he looked at me was almost as if he was looking at a troublemaker.


    Though with everything that he had been through, I guess that he deserved the right to look at me like this. I had put him through quite a bit of trouble before this after all.


    But this time, I was doing this to solve the problem.


    "It''s very simple." A faint smile appeared on my face when I said this, "All I have to do is go and talk to them. I have a way of dealing with them."


    The others in the room looked at me with strange looks that had doubt in them when they heard this, but the prime minister and chancellor just narrowed their eyes to look at me as if they were sizing me up.


    After a long silence, the prime minister asked, "Is it like the wyverns?"


    At this, everyone''s expression changed.


    They all looked much more serious as they looked at me.


    There were even a few of them that looked like they really wanted to hear more about this. After all, the wyverns were the only reason that the Kite Kingdom was able to invade all of the other kingdoms. Naturally they wanted some information on how I had tamed the wyverns.


    Though they wouldn''t be able to do much with this information, it would at least make them feel a bit better.


    I just gave a small nod as I said, "It''s something simr."


    The prime minister narrowed his eyes even more to look at me before slowly shaking his head, "Unless you exin to me what you''re nning to do, I won''t agree to this. It''spletely different from before, you are now the king of this kingdom, we can''t let you put yourself at risk."


    Though there were some people that looked like they wanted to hear my n, they still nodded in agreement to the prime minister.


    They recognized I was the king of the kingdom, so they had to at least show this kind of


    loyalty.


    But it was clear by the look in their eyes that they thought that whatever n I had was certainly worth trying.


    Even the chancellor seemed like he thought this.


    The only reason that he didn''t say anything was because of the look that was on the prime minister''s face.


    This was a look that waspletely different from the usual calm and collected prime


    minister.


    This was the look of someone who clearly was letting his emotions affect his thoughts.


    But that wasn''t strange since I was his brother inw.


    I slowly shook my head in the end before saying, "I''m the only one that can do this, so there''s


    no other choice."


    "No." The prime minister said in a firm voice.


    It seemed like neither side was about to back down.