The Sended's

Chapter 64: The Vis Pacem, The Bellum

"Yourwei!" His wife called from a distance

He waved and approached us both by running

"What is it, half of my heart?" Asked Buwei in a soft tone

"It's not usually that you use that beautiful word, did something happen?" Reply to ask his wife

"Haha! There's nothing wrong, it's just that we're in the Eastern Continent where I was born, where even slaves can cheer" explained Buwei

I beside him could only smile in response to that, the two of them seemed to be a suitable match. Buwei's own wife has a different personality from women in general, she seems to care less about her attitude which may again be a natural thing in her own country of birth

"I haven't introduced my best friend yet? This is Shin Shaozu, the young master of one of the famous families in Jin, as well as the future King of Jin" he explained to his wife

"Well! So you're an important person, aren't you? I'm Jasmine, I'm from the Malwa kingdom of the Southern Continent,"

He told me about his homeland, on a continent full of golden sand, where I heard the trade never dimmed

Malwa, a kingdom that was on the coast like this Jin kingdom, they were also located on the side of the estuary of the river which made their land much more fertile than anywhere else in the Continent. He said that there was a fruit outside that was a bit brownish black, but it was very sweet

The fruit grew and became an expensive commodity that Malwa produced. There are various types of things that contain elements of this fruit, ranging from food, drinks, to everyday items made with the skin of the fruit that will harden if dried

What an interesting story, it makes me think that Jin is just a little star in space.

"Shin, do you know that ship?"

I looked towards the horizon which was now illuminated only by the moonlight, there seemed to be a ship, but it had a design I had never seen before

"Darguably not, do you know where they are?" I went back to Buwei

"I've seen similar designs, but..."

Buwei handed over other items he had brought from his trade mission

"That's the thing I got from Lithuania, the kingdom under Castille, try to use it in front of your eyes,"

By following the instructions Buwei gave, I was amazed that such a distant ship could become visible close to my eyes

"In Lithuania, there are ships with similar designs, but not that big,"

Their flags were also strange, the base was red and there were three identical symbols lined up, I had no idea what the emblem was

In the Eastern Continent there was only one kingdom whose flag was pictures instead of writing, it was Qing. They had flags with images of dragons intent on devouring the sun

While other kingdoms such as Jin ku and Ming, the flag is only a black Han letter written on a background of certain colors, for Jin is brown and Ming is yellow

"Three masts, seven sails, I'm sure even with the size of the ship being so large, they can still match the speed of our ship" Jasmine said

"What are you going to do, Shin? I see they have full armaments up there, I doubt they are merchant ships like me" Buwei said

If it's a military ship then according to royal protocol, we should be on combat alert and send them back to sea. But they are just one ship, there is a possibility if they get lost or in an emergency

And if we're not willing to help them. I'm afraid Jin will only add one more enemy after Ming. Although the location of the Western Continent was the furthest from here, but seeing their ship they should have the military power to sail here in large numbers

"I'll meet them at the harbor. Buwei, take this token and show it to the nearest inner-city military outpost, ask them to be on standby at the port immediately,"

"Eh? So you want to go there without an escort?" Ask Buwei

"Yes, whether it's the enemy or not, I can only find out through the gaze and the conversation,"

As soon as we split up to do what I explained, I quickly headed down to the port exactly on the empty dock next to the dock Buwei was leaning on.

It didn't take long for the big ship to really come here, with all its greatness it slowed down in front of me exactly and stopped where I meant it before

Without an invitation or a request to dock, they enter Jin waters with a ship that looks fine.

From the left side, they took out a board for them to descend from the top of the ship. One by one a foreign figure descended with him and lined up lined up on the dock, they were wearing very dark red robes

Among them was a girl, a figure I knew from a dream I had almost forgotten....

He wore a robe identical to that of any stranger but pure white, making him the most striking of them all.

He was also the one who walked towards me when the others lowered the cargo and other things

The girl with the white mane and the blood-red eyes in the moonlight, the white robed with black fur on her neck, and a golden badge adorned the robe's chest

The girl stopped in front of me and looked at me with her cursed eyes. Uh! I shouldn't call red eyes a curse, it might be true in the Eastern Continent that there are stories of such curses, but on the other hand Kelfia must be different

He looked at me sharply, did he not know my language?

"I am only the servant of Queen Lofi who serves her and the Ruby Kingdom, my name is Rune, my purpose is to come here just to sell and buy some goods," he is a merchant?

"I've never heard of the name Ruby kingdom before," Buwei came carrying dozens of Jin warriors who were directly surrounding the Rune ship

The situation is getting worse because the people on the ship came out and pointed their guns at us, we were first but this is our land

"I am a merchant who has passed through the three Continents, I know what kingdoms exist in the Western Continent, Ruby is not one of them," continued Buwei

"That's probably true because our country wasn't even on any map three years ago,"

If more than this, I'm afraid that if a fight breaks out in Jin's trading port, it's best to let this girl named Rune talk to me alone.

I took him to my office in the harbor, while his subordinates he told him to guard the ship. It seemed that he also did not want any commotion

I closed the door tightly, not even Buwei and his wife came in. There are only two of us here

"Let's start over, miss... So you came here just to trade?"

"That's right" he answered

"Why should the ship you're carrying have the most complete armament of any military ship I've ever seen?"

"That's because I don't buy ordinary things, I buy information,"

Huh uh? So it is true that he is not a merchant

"What kind of information?"

"East Continent. I can pay a high price for that" he replied

After I thought about it again, it seemed like she indeed had bad intentions, so it was best that I find out what it was before subtly kicking it out

"What do you want? As the son of a famous family, I have some important information,"

She smiled at this, I think I've seen that smile

"Then,"

What he asked for was apparently not what I thought, he only wanted basic information from the Eastern Continent like any kingdom that stood, the line of territory, to the terrain. I don't mind giving it all away

Next is politics, he wants to know how the political situation of the Eastern Continent, which I answer according to what I know and understand, about the Ming who is absorbing all the city kingdoms here, which are, and Jin is soon to be one of them....

It might not sound good to expose our bad situation, they could have taken advantage of it. But there is also a possibility that they sympathize with us and are willing to sell us some weapons.

I brought Rune over the Jin wall which still felt warm even though the air on this night was very cold, he seemed to enjoy this air to close his eyes

Her white hair was broken by the wind she had previously put into her robe, only to realize that it was very beautiful. I was stunned to see him, but regained consciousness when he opened his eyes and looked at me

I went back to explain that Jin is the kingdom of the largest trading city in the Eastern Continent, we can support this city just from that sector

"Therefore we are willing to spend some money to buy some of your weapons, Miss Rune,"

"Hm.... Actually I have a better proposal than a weapon, are you interested in hearing it?" Said he

"Sure miss, anything to stop Ming,"

He smiled as I said that, because of that terrible smile I realized that I had just made a mistake in my words

"Then first let me introduce myself once more, I am Rune, military officer of Ruby, in other words I am General Ruby" Ap-

"N-Miss?"

"That's it.... Our kingdom is familiar with the concept of military attache where we can send a military expert to another country in a diplomatic mission, the goal is to help the military of the country. And in that case I offered myself to help,"

Eh? I still can't digest everything

First, this girl is a General? That means he is of high status in his kingdom, then he is willing to help us with his services? How could he decide that without consulting his superiors?

Or the.... He was the direct right hand of that Queen Lofi whom he had said earlier?

If so then I have to meet him with Jin Zhi directly, it would be impolite if someone important guest from another kingdom is not met by the leader of the Jin kingdom who is currently Jin Zhi

"Miss Rune, please come with me,"