Further Negotiations.

"This could be bigger than I think." Soverick thought to himself.

It is certain that the realm lord has benefited or will benefit by stopping the exploitation of life trees. What isn't certain is what the benefit it. It might not even be about the life trees at all. If the realm lord is half a good schemer as the first sage and is capable of thinking multiple steps ahead, the benefits might be related to the enmity created by stopping the exploitation of Life trees. 

The more he thought about it, the more shaken he got. It could be that the realm lord is somehow benefiting from having enemies. It seems absurd but it is also possible if there is an angle to it that he doesn't see. And that's just one of the possibilities he came up with. It is an average one too.

"Maybe I am overthinking this. I guess I'll just have to find out and see if I am right."