Truthfully, after the fall of the Hildes Republic, Siegfried was without a country. While both the Kobrook Republic and the Hanovirtue Republic had given him great conditions, Siegfried had said he would not belong to either country and would just be a member of the Republic and caused his affiliation to be vague and obscure. Ironically, Siegfried, whose affiliation wasn’t clear, received the most support in the Republic. 

Perhaps it was because his affiliation wasn’t clear. If he was an enemy, he would be politically attacked and his image ruined, but as long as he wasn’t an enemy, they couldn’t be hostile towards him. Thanks to that, Siegfried had been able to protect himself while the Kobrook Republic and the Hanovirtue Republic attacked each other politically and did their best to ruin the others’ image.

Not to mention, he had a solid track record. Everyone knew that it was because of Siegfried that the Strabus Kingdom had been defeated. Because of that, the people’s support was absolute and Siegfried’s mere existence meant something to the leaders of the Republic. 

Holding that kind of presence, Siegfried stepped forward and began to mediate in the Republican alliance that was falling apart. While Fuhrer Painheim and Fuhrer Schheimer were very opposed to each other, they couldn’t ignore Siegfried when he proposed an arbitration. Siegfried reasoned that they hadn’t...