“I will go first,” Chi-Hyun said as soon as the general assembly began. “First of all, let me confirm the facts.” Chi-Hyun immediately got to the point. He wasn’t the type to drag things out, and he thought the result of this assembly would probably be decided in ten minutes.

“A month ago, the Demon Empire expressed to us their willingness to surrender. Seven Stars dictated on their own to accept the Demon Empire’s surrender and all the processes that surrounded it. Do you agree with this point?” Chi-Hyun asked, and Chi-Woo looked irked.

“On our own?” Chi-Woo’s voice also turned sharper. “I acknowledge that I led the process of accepting the Demon Empire’s survivors, but not that we acted on our own.”

The two clashed fiercely from the start.

“So, you won’t admit that you acted one-sidedly.” Chi-Hyun smiled faintly after hearing Chi-Woo’s response. “Of course, you went through the hurdle of asking several groups for their understanding. Yet that process was flawed, and rather than persuading them, it seemed more like Seven Stars was one-sidedly relaying their views and enforcing their stance,” Chi-Hyun continued, “Thus, it seems right to say that Seven Stars did act on their own.”

Unlike his carefree, relaxed tone, Chi-Hyun was also feeling tense from the inside. Perhaps that shouldn’t matter in this case, but Chi-Hyun had never beaten Chi-Woo...