Chapter 64
I’d said it more than once.
Widening the front line in the middle of a war with a particular faction was a suicidal move.
And yet—they had made their choice.
By offering six hundred geun of Shinsam Flower to Everlasting Snow Palace, they were essentially declaring: Everlasting Snow Palace has a stake in Shinsam Valley now. Anyone who wants a piece of it will have to go through them first.
Only then did Chief Steward Seong seem to catch on. He muttered quietly.
“...Tricky.”
“It is tricky. Whoever came up with this must’ve wrung every drop out of their brain to get here. Be it Everlasting Snow Palace or Yangnyeong, there's no downside for us.”
“That’s true, but...”
Seong paused. He looked at Unwi with an unreadable expression and continued.
“Your expression... is strange. Like someone who’s got something nagging at him.”
“It’s not like there’s nothing bothering me.”
“What is it, then?”