King Bauchen spoke to Milton.

“As you might already know, Marquis, the only countries on this continent that shares a border with the Northern Republic is my country and your country, Lester Kingdom.”

“Yes, Your Majesty, I know that.”

“In other words, the other countries know that Republicanism is dangerous, but they have never actually felt how dangerous it is. Even if we might complain, we’ve endured and blocked the Republic’s attacks.”

At King Bauchen’s words, Milton thought to himself. 

‘Didn’t you get military aid from the neighboring countries in return?’

This wasn’t something that could be said out loud, but the Strabus Kingdom was only blocking the Republic because of their geographic location and not because they cared about other countries. Either way, Milton waited for King Bauchen to continue talking. 

“Perhaps it’s been too long for them, but it seems that other countries have forgotten their fears of Republicanism.”

Milton understood what he was saying. Before the civil war, the Lester Kingdom had been the same; the kingdom’s leaders had gone beyond relaxation due to peace and became indolent. But things were finally getting better now. They had realized the hidden dangers of peace and under Milton’s leadership, Lester Kingdom was paying more attention to defending the national borders. 

However, they had only done this after they had paid the painful price in the last war. More than half of the country had been...