‘Leila does this kind of thing better than me.’

Milton fell into deep thought after looking at the conditions Siegfried laid out. While it was a pity Leila wasn’t here, Milton was the one in charge here and had to decide what to do about the situation.

‘What else could we gain by accepting these terms.’

Politics wasn’t Milton’s specialty. He wasn’t terrible at it, but he was by no means an expert at it.

‘Most of the politics I was involved in, and policies I introduced, were those that worked out on Earth that I just reworked. Oh, wait…’

A thought crossed his mind. After organizing his thoughts, Milton began to speak carefully.

“As a condition for peace, there’s something I’d like to suggest.”

“And what is that?”

“I want the separated families to be able to meet.”

“What?”

“From what I understand, there are a lot of people in what was formerly the Hildes Republic who are separated from their families without being able to see them. I want to help them reconnect with their families.”

“......”

“Also, allow those who want it, to become naturalized.”

“...This is very random.” 

“They’re people who’ve become separated from their families because of the war. They don’t even know whether their family members are alive or dead. Don’t you think it’d be too cruel to just ignore that?”

“........