“You decline?”

“Yes.”

As Sung-Woon moved his hand to end the video chat, Jang-Wan hurriedly said, “Wait. You didn’t even hear everything.”

“I was going to end this for your sake.”

“For my sake?”

“We both know the other’s situation pretty well, don’t we? So why would we waste our time keeping this conversation going?”

“.....”

Jang-Wan hesitated, unable to come up with a response. Sung-Woon took that chance to quickly end the call.

From next to him, Lunda whispered, “What? Why did you decline? Isn’t it the best offer there is?”

“The call ended. You can talk normally.”

Lunda stood up from her crouching position.

Red Fruit’s capital, Agartin, was located at the bottom of a short mountain range. It was said that the Renards and even the other species who called Agartin home were born easy-going, which could be attributed to the abundant natural environment and the fact that they suffered no inconvenience when it came to living there.

Lunda then said, “Tell me. Wouldn’t it have been better to accept their surrender?”

“Maybe. To be honest, it wasn’t a bad deal.”

“Right?”

Sung-Woon continued to say, “It would take some time to integrate everything, but in the end, we would become stronger than their alliance. Simply put, we would have the advantage in war...