Chapter 62 – Peace Negotiation

Third person POV

"We're here for a peace negotiation," Robert answered back boldly, following the instructions, "and we might have a discussion about it."

"What's up with that old man?" Tertullian felted a bit stressed out. "Why is he desperate for a peace treaty with me?"

"I know it's not good in your perspective," William replied back, "but we're feeling that we had been using up our soldiers in our pointless squabbles. Come on, let's end it, once and for all."

"I will not!" Tertullian resisted. "Those territories are mine!"

To that Robert thought, "I knew it! Territorial disputes are the cause of it."

But luckily, Robert snapped out immediately after that thought.

"But we'll offer some of it to you," Peter responded in persuasion, "while the rest is ours."

"Yes, and we'll negotiate with the residents to relocate to the other parts of our kingdom," William added.

But, Tertullian won't budge in and still wanted all the disputed territories for himself, alongside the residents.

"Man, this is so hard," Robert thought in his mind.

After that, Robert said to the king, "Okay then. How about this? Sign the peace treaty. We'll guarantee that none of our soldiers will occupy those disputed territories, okay?"

"Are you sure about that?" Tertullian responded back seriously. "Who do you think you are?"

"Oh, I'm Robert Lightningheart, of the Lightningheart and Windheart clans," Robert boldly replied back with an introduction.

This introduction really alerted the king and crowned prince.

"Lightningheart, eh?" Arnold asked back.

"Yes, and my parents are soldiers who died during a war with your kingdom," Robert responded back.

"Your parents killed most of our soldiers," Tertullian replied back, "and I think that you will be like them."

"What?"

But before this would escalate into a fight, William and Peter intervened, saying to both of them to not fight during a peace negotiation.

"Sorry," Robert apologized with a slight bow.

But Tertullian refused to apologize to him and to sign the peace treaty.

This really cause Robert and his party to be disgruntled by it then, and they started to think ways and methods of persuasion.

"Okay, Tertullian-sama, we'll give up all those territories," Robert said to the king, "if you stop fighting with us."

"I'm not sure about that bargain," Arnold responded with skepticism. "You might send out your soldiers for your citizens who lived there."

"We'll give up on them as well," William replied back. "We will not gain anything related to them. We'll sacrifice."

"I'm not buying any of your offers," Tertullian responded back. "We will be and always be in war."

At first, Robert was tempted to ask what is the real reason behind the territorial disputes, but he had to be nice and professional behind a peace negotiation, so he just aborted that thought.

Then, Tertullian couldn't handle their presence in his court, so he stood up, pointed his finger towards them, and said, "We will not have peace to each other. Leave now and don't come back, ever. Or, we'll have you arrested for trespassing and espionage."

Because of the king's threats, Robert and his party have no choice but to end their peace negotiation and leave the castle, disappointed. Their efforts and training are now wasted and useless. They eventually hopped into the horse wagon, and the driver whipped the horses normally, causing the horses to move, and thus pulling the wagon. In no time, they left the castle and into the streets towards main wall gate. In addition to their disappointment, Robert's opportunity to meet the Earthheart clan was gone in an instant.