Cassard was about to retort but closed his mouth and sighed again. He couldn’t deny that he had not behaved like a gentleman, even though he had not threatened her with a gun.

Since Cassard didn’t react, thinking it was not fun, Attila got right to the point.

“Admiral, do you intend not to end the war until you dedicate Ezra to Tesia?”

“……I don’t think Tesia has severed cooperation with Ezra. There’s also the fact that they can’t give up Even Baher.”

Finally turning to his now slightly serious friend, Cassard stood leaning on a shelf with his arms folded. His attitude was still crooked, though his speech had become polite.

Attila stroked his chin, lost in thought for a moment. He also knows that the prolonged war is not only due to the Admiral’s stubbornness to capture Ezra.

Tesia’s empire is starting local wars here and there because they don’t want to lose Even Baher.

Fortunately, Cassard capturing Prince Abartha has made the situation a little more favorable for Parsad.

“Even Baher was originally the land of our vassal kingdom of Evern, so there’s no need to give it back.”

“You also lack justification to reclaim Even Baher, so you’re not actively requesting a ceasefire.”

“In fact, I have a plan that I’ve devised, and I need your cooperation.”

When the word ‘cooperation’ came from the Emperor’s mouth, Cassard chuckled.

“Whatever, as Your Majesty wishes.”

“We’re going to attack Crom Hald soon. According to intelligence, the Crown Prince is coming to attack to rescue the Prince. We will move first, and if we succeed in capturing the Crown Prince as well, we will go straight into a ceasefire agreement.”

Not long ago, there was intelligence that Ezra was hiding in Crom Hald. They eventually missed it, though.

Crom Hald is where Tesia’s imperial army is stationed. The Emperor of Rudra, who hid Ezra there and couldn’t find it, had a suspicious side to his excuse.

They had been suspecting this all along, but maybe Tesia and Ezra’s cooperation had only severed on the surface.

It could be the Emperor of Rudra’s unilateral decision, or it might be just a shallow trick to confuse the information.

“Is there any news from the palace? The Emperor and the Crown Prince’s directions are too different. We need more information.”

Cassard’s words made Attila’s face serious.

“The two don’t get along, what else, it’s not just a day or two…… Or shall we try exchanging Prince Abartha with Ezra?”

“That’s my purpose, and there’s a high chance that Emperor Rudra will not respond. You think about your purpose. I will follow you.”

Seeing Cassard, who was acting tough for the first time in a long time, Attila burst into laughter.

“Don’t draw the line. Capturing Ezra is also my goal. Anyway, Crom Hald was originally the territory of the Kingdom of Evern, so my plan is to bring only Crom Hald, not Even Baher, to the negotiation table.”

“As you command.”

Though he spoke roughly, Cassard had never tried to break Attila’s will or cross the line as a friend.

Attila sent a look full of trust to him, stretching his lips to both sides.

“If Ezra’s new troops are secured by any route, I’ll give them to you.”

“You’re handing Ezra over to me?”

“Really. Whether you kill or save.”

“Okay. Write a contract.”

Trust had not even been ten seconds since it was sent. Just in case someone didn’t know he was a businessman, he acted like a wicked boss at times like this.

“Greedy X…”

Attila suddenly threw something at Cassard, who was putting paper and a fountain pen on the table.

Although he wasn’t even looking this way, Cassard accurately caught the object flying towards him.

The moment Cassard checked the flying object, a stream of curses sprang from his mouth.

“XX, why do you have this?”
Wow! Attila clapped with a halfsmile at the most violent reaction he’d seen.

“I stopped by your townhouse before coming here, and there was something on your office desk that didn’t seem to suit you at all, so I brought it with me. It seemed to be quite important since it was placed where it was easily seen, right?”

Cassard, fearing that the small ashcolored rabbit doll in his hand might burst if he applied too much pressure, clenched his teeth without being able to fully close his fist.

Seeing him like that, Attila rolled around on the bed, laughing uproariously.

“Wahahaha! Hahaha! Oh my stomach, I think I might cry. What is that? Did a woman give it to you?”

If there was one irritating person in Cassard’s life whom he couldn’t deal with as he pleased, it was Attila.

Although it had been quite a while since he’d seen him, the sight of him rolling around the bed laughing was so familiar that it was just unbelievable.

“Someday, when a bullet flies at your head, just think that I shot it and take it.”

With the tearyeyed Attila behind him, Cassard took off his uniform jacket and picked up his shirt. Attila stopped laughing and whistled at him.

“Whistle! Has our Cassard improved his body thanks to the war?”

“Nonsense.”