Chapter 277: Grand Coalition
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We immediately sent out diplomatic documents.
「Our goal is to deal with Demon Lord Agares who is holding her ground on the western side of Frankia.」
「We have no intention to invade Frankia, but we ask of you to let us borrow your roads. ……Regent of Habsburg, Barbatos.」
This was similar to when Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked Korea to open the way for them so that they could attack the Ming Dynasty.
Asking them to lend us their roads was one thing, but, in this era, areas that armies went through were usually devastated by pillaging. There was no ruler who would sit idly by and allow their people to be ravaged.
Laura tilted her head when I said this.
“But, Lord. Are there not rulers like Emperor Henry of Frankia?”
“Uh, mm……. He’s a lunatic who got help from a foreign power to beat his own mother. He’s an exception.”