Volume 6 Chapter 51 - Attitude change (1/2)

Even though on the battlefield, the Rudson Kingdom’s army had beaten the Candra Empire’s army away, making them unable to even fight back, after general McHale’s troops had entered three hundred kilometers into the Candra Empire, the Rudson Kingdom’s army chose to retreat and didn’t show any signs of chasing.

After withdrawing from the Candra Empire’s territory, the Rudson Kingdom only fortified their border defenses and didn’t make any other moves.

And after the Candra Empire suffered two losses, they also fell silent.

The borders of the two countries fell silent again like the war before didn’t even happen.

But everyone knew that this calm was only a false appearance.

The Candra Empire as one of the continent’s two empires, now that they had suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of a small country like the Rudson Kingdom, if they didn’t find a way to restore their reputation, it would be a large blow to the Candra Empire’s reputation on the entire continent.

So the Candra Empire would definitely make another move. When they did, they wouldn’t underestimate the Rudson Kingdom like they had done before.

Everyone believed that with the far stronger national power of the Candra Empire compared to the Rudson Kingdom, even if they suffered one or two losses to the Rudson Kingdom, there would be no problem defeating them in the end.

Of course, they needed some time to prepare.

After the conflict between the two countries ended, it entered the winter of year 3789.

The weather of the other places on the continent began getting colder. Although the Marlow Empire in the north was very big, most of their territory was showing signs of the chill of winter.

Marquis Southgate’s territory was located in the southwest of the Marlow Empire, close to the middle of the continent, so it wasn’t that cold just yet.

But for the people who lived in the Lampuri Kingdom and the Stantine Duchy with their temperate winters, the temperature on Marquis Southgate’s territory right now made them feel a bit cold.

With a cold breeze, chairman Cantona couldn’t help giving a shiver. He tightened the leather clothes he was wearing and only then did he feel a bit warmer.

Turning to look at Baron Franklin beside him, he found that he was only wearing a light unpadded garment. He didn’t even buckle it up completely and left it open, but he didn’t seem like he was cold at all.

Chairman Cantona couldn’t help giving a sigh deep down. Young people are different, they were countless times more resistant against the cold compared to an old man in his forties like him.

“Hey, Baron Franklin, when is the Lord Marquis coming back?” Chairman Cantona asked.

Baron Franklin turned back from looking into the distance and replied with a smile, “Grandfather said that he would be back before dinner, so I think that he should be back soon.”

“Un, that’s good.” Chairman Cantona gave a nod, “The first field being renovated will be finished today, so we need the Lord Marquis to come back and approve it. If something is wrong, it’s good to mention it as soon as possible. It’s almost the new year and the fellows in the company might be worried that they can’t go back home for New Years.

“Actually, if it’s just the approval, I can represent my grandfather. But my grandfather said that your Cantona Chamber of Commerce has really helped our territory this time and we will be cooperating for a long time in the future, so in order to deepen our relationship, I had to keep you all here for a few more days.” Baron Franklin said with a faint smile.

“Oh?” Chairman Cantona looked at Baron Franklin with a bit of surprise.

Since the fall harvest, the subordinates of the Cantona Chamber of Commerce that he led had been here for close to three months.

Although Marquis Southgate and Baron Franklin who represented him in supervising the work had been courteous, chairman Cantona could tell that they were only being polite based on their training as nobles. It didn’t mean that they placed any importance on them at all.

Of course, this was a natural thing since the other side was a marquis of the Marlow Empire, someone at the peak on the entire Sines Continent. He was countless times higher than their small company. Being able to appear polite was already because of their training, but most of that was because of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

However, chairman Cantona could clearly tell that Baron Franklin’s words were filled with sincerity, it wasn’t just normal courtesy.

Seeing that sincere smile on Baron Franklin’s face, chairman Cantona felt a bit of doubt.

What reason was there for such a large change in his attitude?

But thinking about it, it wasn’t important.

Because Cantona also wanted to maintain a long term cooperation with Marquis Southgate, which would greatly help the Cantona Chamber of Commerce open the market in the Marlow Empire.