Chapter 597 Reporting (4)
I said in a calm voice, "This kingdom is where my territory and my family is. As long as they are here, then I have no reason to betray the kingdom."
General Killock and the officers immediately knitted their brows when they heard this.
The looks in their eyes weren't as calm and collected as before.
There even seemed to be some kind of hostility in their eyes as they looked at me.
But I just ignored them all as I looked at the fourth prince, waiting for his reaction.
The fourth prince had only narrowed his eyes slightly to look at me when he heard this.
The way that he looked at me, it didn't seem like he was judging me.
The way that he looked at me, it almost seemed like he understood what I was talking about and accepted it. But there was also something strange about the way that he looked at me that I didn't understand.
After a long silence, during which the soldiers all moved a step forward towards me as if they were preparing to do something just in case the situation broke down, the fourth prince finally spoke.
"Alright, that's fine. As long as you don't have any intentions of betraying our kingdom for now, it doesn't matter what your thoughts are. After all, I know that there's no way to force someone to be loyal to a kingdom, all we can do is align their interests with our kingdom with benefits such as territory and such." The fourth prince said in a very casual tone, as if he wasn't bothered by this at all.
But General Killock and the officers clearly seemed bothered by this.
They looked like they wanted to say something, but since the fourth prince had already spoken, it wasn't as if they could say anything.
If they were to say something now, it would seem like they didn't trust the fourth prince's judgement and that would offend the fourth prince.
Regardless of what their feelings were for this situation, they would never do something as dumb as that.
The fourth prince poured some more tea, but this time he also poured a cup for me.
It seemed that he had finally accepted the answer that I gave him, so he started treating me like he did before.
So I let out a secret sigh of relief before taking the cup to have a sip of the tea.
The two of us just sat in silence sipping our tea for a bit before the fourth prince suddenly asked, "So what are you planning to do now? I'm sure that you've already come up with some plans for this army, right?"
I was surprised to hear the fourth prince suddenly ask this, but there was no need for me to hide anything from him.
I just gave a simple nod and said, "I have some ideas."
When General Killock and the officers heard that, they couldn't stop the faint glimmer that appeared in their eyes. After all, they had already seen how much destruction one of my ideas had, so they were looking forward to seeing what other ideas I had.
Though that didn't stop them from looking at me with looks of suspicion.
It seemed like they still couldn't let go of what I had said earlier.
As for the fourth prince, he just gave a simple nod before turning to say to General Killock, "Can you go and get a map of the western border for me?"
General Killock was surprised to hear this, but he quickly nodded and ran off.
As he ran off, I couldn't help looking at the fourth prince with a strange look.
I was trying to figure out what he was planning, but the fourth prince just looked back at me with a mysterious smile.
It almost seemed like payback for how I had acted earlier.
When General Killock came back with the map, he took the map that was already there and spread the new map across the table.
Once the map was spread, the fourth prince suddenly came forward and pointed at a spot on the map before saying, "How about here? Do you think that you have anything that will work here?"
I looked at where the fourth prince was pointing and revealed a bit of a surprised look.
After all, that place that he was pointing at was actually one of the places that I had thought about.
There was indeed an event there that I could use to torment the enemies with, but…there had to be a reason why the fourth prince had pointed that place out.
So instead of answering the question, I looked at him with one raised brow as if I was questioning him.
The fourth prince put on a calm look as he saw this, but in the end, he said with a sigh, "The situation over there is bad. I'm sure that you've received the reports, but they are much worse than the reports make it seem. The ones in charge over Directly support the authors on WebNovel!
there just don't want to admit how bad it is, so they're downplaying the situation."
After a pause, the fourth prince added with another sigh, "It's those kinds of people that make things worse. The worst part is that they are old generals that we can't do anything about since they have prestige and experience under their belts. They control quite a few soldiers and have mentored quite a few officers, so it's hard for us to force them in any way."
I slowly gave a nod of agreement.
I also had my fair share of this, but that was more in my past life than in this life.
Still, I was able to understand the pain that the fourth prince was suffering from.
So I said, "Alright, I have something that will work in that area. As long as I can move freely, then I should be able to do something."
The fourth prince gave a nod before saying, "I'll make sure that you get the clearance that you need, so you don't need to worry about that." Then he revealed a smile and asked, "However, what kind of plan are you going to use this time? Can you give me a sneak peek?"
Then General Killock and the officers heard this, they couldn't help piquing their ears and leaning in as if they wanted to hear this as well.
But I didn't say anything in response.
All I did was reveal a mysterious smile like I did before.
The fourth prince pouted his lips seeing this before throwing a tantrum that really wasn't like him, "Fine, keep your secrets then." After this little tantrum, he said with a smile, "I'm looking forward to your good news."
I could tell that he was dismissing me, but I didn't mind since I had things to prepare with General Killock.
The two of us quickly left this tent, leaving the fourth prince alone with his bodyguards.
But the fourth prince just waved his hand and sent them away.
When the fourth prince was alone in that tent, he stroked his chin and said to himself, "So he'll remain as long as he is attached to it. It seems like we need to move up that plan as soon as possible."
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