Alliance with the Persis Empire.
　

　It is a more authentic and unmistakable alliance.

　''Well, with the Persis Empire backing us, we can avoid the worst if anything happens.
　''Hmmm ... will the Persis Empire form an alliance with us?''

　Julia wonders.
　''Well I honestly don't know that.

　''So if the Persis Empire won't make an alliance, then this war is over. It's just........I can't say for sure, but I'm sure Emperor Xerxes would tie it up.
　Why?
　I'm sure the barbarians would love to kill each other.

　Emperor Xerxes' foreign policy was barbarians to barbarians.
　Keep your own hands clean and elegant.

　Our country's partnership with Pofenia is....
　The Persis Empire would be the last thing they would want.

　''Hmmm.......I have a bad feeling about this.......''
　A bad feeling?

　Julia is a sorcerer.
　The creature of a sorcerer is often keenly intuitive.

　Her 'bad premonition' is right.
　And that's with a fairly high probability........

　"...what do you feel?
　''Well it's just a hunch, so I don't have any basis for it but...''

　Julia mutters.

　'I feel like I'm going to lose something important... something...'








　Meanwhile, Ains, a former Cilician merchant.
　Currently, the diplomat stationed in the Persis Empire had his head in the sand.

　Because..........

　Because I received this directive from Almus.


　"Approach Emperor Xerxes of the Persian Empire for an alliance. Specifically, it says: "Maintain favorable neutrality during the war. Then, when the Third Kingdom (the Kingdom of Roselle) intervenes, you will fight alongside us. Finally, accommodation of ships and engineers. A mediator in the peace process. At the very least, you must go and fulfill these four promises.'

　Favorable neutrality would be no problem, as the Persis Empire has already declared itself neutral.
　The flexibility of ships and engineers will also be fine.

　They'll be able to take over the role of mediator in the peace process for a small fee.

　The question is....
　It's participation in the war at the time of the intervention of a third country (the Kingdom of Roselle).

　So far, there has been a verbal agreement on the part of the Kingdom of Romalia to participate in the war.
　But that was a verbal agreement.
　But that was a verbal agreement and was never formally signed and put in writing.

　The Persis Empire is heavy on the war effort.
　Especially when it comes to naval battles, they will be even more reluctant to do so.

　So, I have to make that promise.
　It will be difficult indeed.

　But.....

　If I can install this it will improve my reputation in the Kingdom of Romalia.

　Ains is an emerging nobleman in the Kingdom of Romalia.
　In the Kingdom of Romalia, the Rosais Clan and the As Clan are still the biggest and most powerful families in the kingdom.

　In order to emerge there........
　We have no choice but to make achievements.

　You only have to look at Alexios Cornelius to see that a man named Almus is a man who puts achievement before blood.

　This war is ....
　This is a great opportunity for Ains.

　'Okay let's do it.








　''Hmm ... except for participation in the war at the time of the intervention of the Third Country (Roselle Kingdom), I'm willing to admit that King Almus isn't going to back down, is he?''
　"I have been informed by His Majesty the King that he will make peace with Pofenia on all matters unless he has the full support of His Majesty the Emperor.
　'Well I'll have to think about it for a moment. It'll only take a few hours. You can have a piece of fruit and wait for me.

　Emperor Xerxes said that and sent Ains to wait in the other room...
　I put my hand to my chin and think.

　The best thing you can do as Emperor Xerxes is to have the Kingdom of Romalia and the Republic of Pofenia crush each other, polishing and crushing each other's power...
　To the extent that the Teutonic Sea is stable, both countries are in power.

　This is the state of affairs.

　And the worst that the Emperor Xerxes envisions is.....
　The Kingdom of Romalia and the Republic of Pofenia are teaming up to challenge the Persis Empire.

　The Kingdom of Romalia is a monarchy...
　There is a republican body, the Senate, and autonomy at the local level by the population.

　The Pofenia Republic is, needless to say, a republic.

　The Persis Empire, ruled by Emperor Xerxes........
　Both countries would be a better fit than a monarchy ruled by a tyrannical monarch.

　Emperor Xerxes thought.
　If the Barca family was removed from the Pofenia Republic and it became a monolithic state with a single plain party led by the Hanno family....

　They will coexist in good terms with the Kingdom of Romalia.

　King Almus is more interested in the north than the south, in land than in the sea.
　And the Plains Party is more interested in the west and south than in the north, and in land than in the sea.

　Neither of them would violate their interests.

　Furthermore......
　It would be possible to say: control of the Mersina Strait by both countries.

　In other words, the elimination of the Persis Empire.

　In fact, if the Republic of Pofenia, a maritime power with a powerful navy, and the Kingdom of Romalia, a continental power with a powerful army, joined hands....

　You could even oppose the Persis Empire.

　Both the Kingdom of Romalia and the Republic of Pofenia....
　It's a regional power that is too powerful to be left alone.

　''King Almus' feelings ... well, you can understand.

　If they were to set up in earnest with the Pofenia Republic, they could not help but worry about the intervention of the Roselle Kingdom.
　The Kingdom of Romalia is a geopolitically poorly located country, sandwiched between two great powers, Pofenia and Roselle.

　That's why.....
　It's hard to say that external pressures could have increased the sense of urgency and united us, though.

　There is only one way for King Almus to solve this troublesome geopolitical location.
　It is to destroy each one of them.

　Even if he were to catch Pofenia one step closer........
　If Roselle attacked him from the north, he would have to pull back.

　One-on-one would be an absolute non-negotiable for King Almus.




　Emperor Xerxes thinks about it.
　What is best for the Persis Empire........

　And.....

　Hey, get my diplomatic representatives to Roselle.
　Yes, sir.

　Emperor Xerxes' secretary brought a vassal to Emperor Xerxes.

　'Good day, O King of Kings (Shahanshah).
　'I'm not in a very good mood, though. My head hurts from the barbarian kid's excessive demands. Now ... what are the signs of civil war in the Kingdom of Roselle?
　"It's not enough to predict a civil war, but it's likely to happen. But there is a good chance of it happening, and the Kingdom of Roselle will avoid major military action for a while, especially the current royalists. Especially the current royalists.

　The signs of civil war in the Roselle Kingdom were increasing at the same time as the Romarian Kingdom's power grew.

　Originally, the mainstream faction of the Roselle Kingdom was the foreign expansionist faction of Merlin, the highest spellcaster chief of the Roselle Kingdom, and the highest-ranking general of the Roselle Kingdom, Clyu Paris Westoria.

　

　As a result, the power structure within the Kingdom of Roselle changed.
　

　And the Kingdom of Roselle made peace with King Rosais' kingdom.

　But.........
　The country of King Rosais grew in power and then continued to expand as the Kingdom of Romalia.

　Foreign expansionists, who began to feel threatened by this, began to become active again.
　And.........
　The unification of South Adelunia by the Kingdom of Romalia will bring it back into the light of day...

　The invasion of the Kingdom of Roselle by the Kingdom of Romalia is reversing the non-expansionists.

　In addition to this.....
　There are also health issues with the current King of the Kingdom of Roselle.

　This king has a number of sons...
　If the king dies, the outbreak of civil war by the second prince, held by the expansionist General Clieu, and the dauphin, held by the non-expansionist General Balthazar, will be inevitable.

　'What are the chances of the intervention of the Kingdom of Roselle in this war against the Kingdom of Romalia and the Republic of Pofenia?
　It's unlikely. It's possible that the extremists will get ahead of themselves, but I think a full-scale intervention could lead to the collapse of the Kingdom of Roselle.

　Then there's no problem.
　Emperor Xerxes nodded with satisfaction....

　"Call the diplomats of the Kingdom of Romalia. I will make a treaty with you.

　An alliance was thus formed between the Empire of Persis and the Kingdom of Romalia.