It was still the same ambassador from the elves, Amos. From her expression, Amos didn't seem too happy. She probably already knew about the contract.
"Official Amos greets the king of the human empire, Your Highness." Amos still took the initiative to greet Anthony.
"What's the matter with the elves?" Anthony asked directly.
"We, the elves, are preparing to attack the orcs' territory to avenge the deaths of 100,000 of our people. We hope to receive help from the human army," Amos said immediately.
"This … I'm afraid not," Anthony replied.
"Why? We just received a report that the orcs' ambassador has come to visit. Could it be that the humans have reached some sort of agreement with the orcs? "Amos asked immediately.
"Ambassador Amos." Prime Minister Mach stood up. "Our meeting with the orcs' ambassador is an internal matter of our country. This has nothing to do with the elves, right?"
"Of course it has something to do with us. Not only are we allies, but we are also fighting against the orcs together. Shouldn't we know about this?" Amos retorted.
"Ambassador Amos …" Just as Mach was about to retort, Anthony suddenly raised his hand to stop him from speaking.
"Ambassador Amos, we have indeed met with the orcs' ambassador," Anthony said directly. Anthony said, "Not only that, but we've also signed a truce agreement with the Orcs."
"What!" Amos really didn't know about this. She only knew that the orcs' ambassador had come to ask for peace, so she specially came to stop them. She didn't expect them to come to an agreement so quickly. This was a little too fast.
After being shocked for a moment, Amos immediately calmed down. "Your Highness Anthony, no matter what, we are allies and comrades who have fought together. Yet, you are unilaterally stopping the war with them without even informing us. Isn't this a little too unkind?"
"Indeed, but let me explain. First, it's not that we didn't inform you, it's that we didn't have time to inform you. Second, we can't refuse the other party's conditions, "Anthony said.
"What conditions did the orcs propose?" Amos was a little puzzled. Now that the Human Race had the upper hand, they wouldn't retreat so easily. What kind of benefits did the Beastmen give the Human Race? The Beastmen definitely couldn't afford to give them food and money. Could it be some kind of precious treasure?
"This … this is really an internal affair of our human race. I really can't tell you." Anthony thought for a moment and said, "Now that we have reached a consensus, I apologize to Queen Rachel on behalf of myself."
"He's only representing himself …" Amos immediately understood what Anthony meant. This matter was beneficial to the Human Empire, and Anthony was only apologizing personally. He did not need to apologize if he represented the Empire. Amos knew that things couldn't be salvaged, but she still looked at Li Huailin. After all, he was the human who had the best impression of the elves. "May I ask, Archduke Aquitaine, do you think so too?"
"Eh?" Li Huailin was stunned. He didn't expect to be dragged into this. However, he was the one who proposed to sell the elves, so there was no point in asking him. Would he stop this matter? Hence, he casually replied, "Of course I …"
Just as he started, Li Huailin suddenly braked. That was close, he almost fell into a trap! The unilateral armistice of the Human race was indeed very unkind. Therefore, the Elves' Favorability towards the Human race should have decreased. That would mean that the Elves' Favorability towards the Human race would have increased. If he had said that he agreed to the armistice, then the Elves' Favorability would have increased again. He still wanted to visit the Elven Main City. If his Favorability increased again, then he wouldn't be able to continue playing.
"I'm too f * cking smart, I almost fell for it." Li Huailin admired his own wit again, and then immediately said, "Of course I came back on orders. It has nothing to do with me."
"Sigh …" Anthony turned to look at Li Huailin. Although he didn't know why Li Huailin would deny it, he immediately began to cover for Li Huailin. "Yes, Ambassador Amos. I was the one who ordered Duke Aquitaine to come back. He didn't know about it. This was just my own judgment."
"Well done, Brother Anthony. I didn't help you for nothing," Li Huailin praised in his heart.
As expected, after hearing this, Amos didn't continue to question Li Huailin. Instead, she turned to Anthony again. "Your Highness Anthony, has the Human Empire decided to stop the war with the Orcs? Is there no turning back?"
"Yes, we've decided," Anthony confirmed again.
"If that's the case, I will immediately report to Her Highness." Hearing Anthony's confident tone, Amos had no choice but to quickly send the news back.
"Wait, wait, wait …" At this moment, Li Huailin quickly jumped out and said, "Can I go with you?"
"Together?" Amos said, a little surprised. "Is Duke Aquitaine going to our country as an emissary?"
"Yes, I have something to do with your queen. Let's go together." Li Huailin suddenly thought of something. Right now, most of the elves were still outside chasing after the Orcs, so the few important figures that had a high favorability rating should not be back yet. If they went now, they could barely … reduce the number of people.
"Is that so?" Anthony looked at Li Huailin. He really hadn't heard her mention this before, so he didn't know what Li Huailin was planning.
"There really is something," Li Huailin said.
"Hmm …" Anthony nodded. "Alright then, we have to inform Queen Rachel about the ceasefire. Huailin, if you want to go, then go. So, who is willing to be the vice emissary?"
"There's no need for that. I'll just go and tell her," Li Huailin said.
"We have to formally inform the elves about this, so the emissary group must be formal," Anthony said. "Worthington, I'll leave the vice emissary to you."
"Yes, Your Highness." A middle-aged man in his fifties walked out from the civil officials' seats and nodded at Anthony.
"Go and make the preparations immediately," Anthony said with a wave of his hand.
"Yes." Worthington nodded and immediately left the hall.
"Ambassador Amos, you go and make the preparations too. I'll brief the Duke of Aquitaine on some diplomatic matters and have him meet up with you in a while," Anthony said.
"Alright, Your Highness Anthony." Amos nodded.
With that, Amois led the envoy out of the hall. She had a lot of things to do. First, she had to send someone back to inform the palace that the visit of the Archduke of Aquitaine as an envoy was a huge matter. She had to report it to the palace immediately so that they could make preparations immediately.
Seeing the elven emissary group leave, Anthony quickly asked Li Huailin why he suddenly took on this mission. Anthony understood Li Huailin quite well. Usually, he was too lazy to do these kinds of state affairs. Why was he suddenly so diligent this time?
"Nature Magician?" After learning of Li Huailin's intentions, Anthony was stunned. "Why did you suddenly want to help that small country plant trees?"
"This … This is a little complicated, but I have to do it." Li Huailin felt that it was really hard to explain in a few sentences. Furthermore, it was not good to publicize Nemean's identity.
"I heard that you have many admirers among the elves …" Anthony suddenly said with a smirk.
"This is what gives me a f * cking headache." Li Huailin facepalmed. "Going on this mission is basically risking being sucked dry. Don't you think the palace guards should protect me?"
"That makes sense. I'll just send a team to protect you," Anthony immediately said.
"I'm joking. You're really coming?" Li Huailin said.
"I have no choice. Although I don't know why the elves love to bring you along, you've caused them so much trouble previously. There might be people who are prepared to harm you. I think it's better to protect you a little." Anthony was referring to Li Huailin's heroic act of slaughtering the entire Silverwind Guard. Although he didn't know why the elves seemed to be very happy about this, there might be people secretly preparing to assassinate Li Huailin. For safety reasons, Anthony still sent a team of soldiers to protect him.
"It would be great if there were such people." Li Huailin said this from the bottom of his heart. It was difficult to level up now. It would be great if he was assassinated in the main city of the elves. That would be great. Unfortunately, with his current favorability … Sigh … Let's not talk about it. Saying too much would just make me cry.
Because of the problem of the human race's image, Anthony still got the ceremonial minister to explain a little about the etiquette of a diplomatic mission to Li Huailin. During this time, the elves had also received this news. Amos' vice envoy had already quickly informed Queen Rachel of this news. Queen Rachel took Li Huailin's visit very seriously, and immediately held a court meeting.
"Do I need to personally welcome him?" Rachel asked.
"Your Highness." An elven civil official stepped out and said, "Although the Duke of Aquitaine has done us a great favor (referring to the matter of killing the Silverwind Guard), he has also done something very wrong (referring to rescuing the elves) recently. As such, I don't think it's necessary for the Queen to personally welcome him."
"That's true. I don't know what he's thinking recently. Why did he send troops to rescue us? We must question him later," Rachel said a little angrily. "In that case, Fraser, you'll be in charge of welcoming the Duke of Aquitaine."
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