588 An Interlude (3)

Upon hearing the inexplicable anger contained in the tone of the female merchant, Norwin shook his head and said in a sincere manner, "Miss Yaj, I'm not cursing the future fate of Kattaman but the Yassen Kingdom is indeed far stronger than your home country in terms of military strength and cohesiveness of the country. For this reason, Kattaman people need to become an ally with Fran. The way you assumed how the Fran Kingdom would treat the Kattaman City State if she had won the century-old war is completely meaningless. The reality is that we've now lost and we're being exploited as a defeated person by Yassen. Your situation is almost the same with ours as well. Since all of us share the same enemy, it's just a matter of fact that we're a natural ally."