Chapter 92 – Episode 92- Let’s Make a Non-Aggression Pact?

“Shall we sign a non-aggression pact?”

Two days later, a sailboat belonging to the kingdom came to Ice Island.
The governor of Ice Island, Tega, immediately ordered ships to be sent to capture the sailboat.
He learned that there was an envoy sent by the kingdom inside the captured sailboat.

Tega immediately informed Kang-rim of the news, and Kang-rim, who was in the midst of giving birth to soldiers with Perpone and Teminer, immediately changed into a military uniform and came out to the ground.

Advent, who came to the ground like that, met the envoys of the kingdom in the throne room.

“Yes, our princess wants to sign a non-aggression pact with Her Majesty.”

The woman who knelt before her, sitting on her throne, said so.
Her waist-deep turquoise hair and arrogant orange eyes.
This bespectacled woman in a white uniform held out her first princess’ handwritten letter to Kang-rim with both hands.

Hundreds of women who had come to the envoys were kneeling behind her.
She was wearing a dress with a high degree of exposure, but somehow she looked so awkward.
She doesn’t want to wear it, but it feels like she was forced to wear it.
Advent didn’t understand why she was dressed that way, but she knew this much.

Are afraid
Advent could tell that she was trembling, not knowing how she would come out.

‘Well, this must be natural.’

Grid before being possessed is a great villain who has gained notoriety in this world, and is a living catastrophe itself.
Grid’s atrocities were beyond imagination to the point that it was impossible to count how many people were sacrificed.
If Grid existed in real life, he would have been called the worst mass murderer of all time.

Women are afraid of it because they know it well.
The bespectacled woman at the front doesn’t change her expression, but the slight twinkle in her eyes suggests that she too is afraid.

‘I don’t intend to be like him, but…’

Of course, that was only before the possession.
Now, Kang-lim had no intention of going to the dead end like Grid.

‘I won’t believe it easily.’

Because she did such a crazy thing in the first place, she met a miserable end in return.
She knows that, but does she think she’ll kill like crazy?
I will never do it.

Of course, there is no guarantee that he will survive if he does not.
At the point of being possessed, Grid’s evil deeds spread as quickly as they could, and Advent personally realized how he was treated.

Because he was living a good life and almost lost his life.
After being almost assassinated by Su-ah, Kang-rim changed his mind.

If living a good life is impossible, he says let’s live a bad life.
Become a tyrant like Grid. He becomes a tyrant, but he refuses to walk the same path as the grid.
It doesn’t matter if I kill the men, but let’s save the women as much as possible.
Let’s live and make him his slave.
He wants to create a world in which he is the only master and all others are slaves.
Let’s make dreams come true here that cannot be achieved in reality.
So Kang-rim promised.

Therefore, it had been a long time since I had already drawn in my head what to do with this envoy.
No, maybe…

Couldn’t the princess have sent them with that intention from the beginning?

“Where, let’s see what kind of content the princess wrote.”

Kang-rim read his letter right away.

The contents are as follows.

[To His Majesty the Great Grid. I apologize for not being able to come to the coronation in person.]

[Girl, there is something I earnestly want to ask of Your Majesty.]

[I would like you to promise that Your Majesty’s Empire and the Maiden’s Kingdom will not invade each other’s territory.]

[The girl realized. That His Majesty’s Empire is an existence that we have no way to do with our own strength.]

[I sincerely apologize for jumping in without knowing you were such a person.]

Are you serious?
To call yourself a girl by calling yourself low.
Are you really giving in?
Kang-rim almost thought so, but he immediately concluded that it was not.

Kang-rim continued reading the letter.

[So please have mercy on the girl. I will give you the tribute your Majesty wishes, so please do not refuse the girl’s request.]

[If Your Majesty ignores the girl’s pleas, she won’t stand still, either.]

[I will bury this body here until it burns away.]

[Please refrain from making such a choice.]

This was what was written in the letter.

She thought it was written ‘she will give in at first,’…’

Was it a threat letter? If the request is not accepted, we will fight to the death.
Such a doctor was buried in the last part of the letter.
Unlike the previous part, the ink was thickly smeared, probably because it was written with the feelings of resentment.

It would have to be natural.
She is the first princess with high pride as a member of the royal family, so writing a letter submissive like this would be nothing short of disgrace.

If the incident had flowed in the same way as the original story, she wouldn’t have sent a letter like this.

‘This princess was also a member of the anti-grid alliance.’

A civil war started when the previous king died suddenly without being able to select a successor.
During the civil war, the first princess tried to restore the kingdom in chaos.
She subdued the rebellious princesses, and she cemented herself as the master of her throne.

If Grid had not built an empire and invaded the kingdom in earnest, she would have become a queen.

‘I know she went into exile after the kingdom was destroyed…’

Grid thoroughly took advantage of the situation in which the kingdom fell into civil war.
He prevented them from uniting in advance by alienating the princesses and leading them to a situation where they could not trust each other.
She took advantage of her princesses by lying that he would let them succeed her on the throne.
After using it like that, when it was no longer useful, it was beheaded without mercy.
Grid escalated the civil war until it was determined that the country was no longer functioning.
As a result, the plan of the first princess to fight Grid by somehow resolving the chaos in the country ended in a catastrophic failure.

In the end, the First Princess, deprived of her capital, had no choice but to defect to another country.
The exiled princess persuaded many countries by preaching that the grid is the worst enemy threatening this world.
The lords who accepted her words decided to form an anti-grid alliance.

That’s what the original game is about.
So what about now?

‘As expected, the capital is threatened, so will the attitude change?’

I only aimed at the capital.
Unlike Grid’s method of isolating the capital by devouring other territories, Ganglim pursued the method of aiming for the capital unconditionally.

If you capture the capital, the heart of the country, the chaos in the kingdom will intensify.
The stronger the chaos, the easier it will be to take over the kingdom.
If the first princess is captured alive and enslaved, the establishment of the anti-grid alliance will be further delayed.

So Advent invaded Ice Island.
He occupied Ice Island to cut off the anti-grid alliance’s funding line and to let them know that he could advance to the capital at any time.
The princess sent a threatening letter saying that she would not let her go if they invaded, but Advent was not enough to stop the advance with just one letter.

In the end, Ice Island fell in one day,
The capital, deprived of an important gateway, was in danger of being invaded by the Empire right away.
Now that this has happened, the first princess must have had no choice but to bend her pride.
It’s a situation where her knife comes right into her own throat, and she can stab her in the vital at any time, but can she not bend?
If her base is lost while the confrontation with the princesses is still ongoing, she will lose everything she has accumulated so far.
The princess didn’t want that, so she had no choice but to bow her head.

And, Kang-rim thought that she did not ask for a non-aggression pact simply because she was afraid of her own life.

‘It seems like just buying time…’

I heard information that the first princess is gathering her forces to recapture Ice Island.
Temporarily reconciled with the princesses who are in conflict, and are building an expedition to recapture Ice Island by absorbing the soldiers owned by the princesses.

Did the princess give up her expedition and choose her submission?
Is she the princess who screamed that she would never give in even if she was raped by Grid dozens of times in the original story and tortured until her soul was worn out?

Something suspicious Clearly there is a reason.
Advent could guess the reason.

‘Arwen…’

Cardian’s younger brother, Arwen. A woman who sincerely wants to kill Grid, who took her father and mother and even her sister.
She knew that Arwen was recruiting soldiers to subdue Grid.
There are those who agree with her will, and most of them are composed of those who have a deep grudge against Grid.

Maybe the first princess held her hand with Arwe?
I’ve heard information that sailboats belonging to Arwen’s territory come and go to the capital, but it seems to be reliable enough.

If that’s the case, the answer is to go in and destroy her right away.
She’s sharpening her knife because she wants to kill herself, but does she just let it go?
You have to break her wrists before stabbing them.

Should be, but

“Yes, I listened to your princess. I also wanted to take a break, and it turned out well.”

Kang-rim chose to stop instead of advance.

‘We need to increase our military so as not to be looked down upon.’

Through the war of conquest, the territory of the Desire Empire was greatly expanded.
One-third of the kingdom’s territory and all the islands in the southwest were occupied.

The territory has expanded like that, but now defending it has become a top priority.

‘Because it’s a real headache if an empty house is robbed on an expedition.’

The army is too small compared to the size of the land to be defended.
The number of warships increased to 65.
The military secured a large army of about 60,000 soldiers, including 40,000 soldiers who were born by using criminals as seeds.

But it’s not enough. More troops are needed to defend the numerous islands.
Even for that, I need to take a break for a while now.

Therefore, Advent intends to use this non-aggression pact.

“By the way, where is the tribute?”

Kang-rim asked with a tone that he knew but did not know.

“According to the governor, there are none but you…”
“These are the tributes.”

The glasses-wearing woman answered that.

She said, “I heard from Your Majesty that she treasures women. So she collected 100 well-to-do noble ladies.”
“…”
“Unfortunately, the situation at the capital is not good, so please understand that we have no choice but to pay tribute in this way.”
“…”

I couldn’t believe it, but to offer a woman as a tribute.
To offer noble ladies who were neither commoners nor beggars.
It is obvious how it was carried out.

Advent was expected up to this point, but

“And I am also a tribute.”
“… What?”
“I am also a tribute to His Majesty.”

At Ptera’s remarks, the glasses-holder, Kang-rim’s eyes widened.