Earl Waren's choice

Along his journey back to the Mahesa kingdom, General Lukman, accompanied by Sari and Nini, passed through many villages and several cities.

And during that time, on every journey they took, when the General saw someone or a group of people who needed help, he easily reached out his hand.

The General's behavior certainly made Sari and Nini very happy, who saw that General Lukman's attitude was that of a generous knight.

This is different from the image of the knights that he has, namely, because of their high status, these knights become distant from society at lower levels.

And this of course once again made the image of the knights very majestic, but this time in front of their own eyes they saw General Lukman's generosity.

Which is in stark contrast to what they knew until now, so that both of them already imagined that they would have a house and a good job.

This is of course guaranteed by the character of General Lukman, who is currently considered very down to earth.

Until the General's behavior finally made Sari and Nini curious about the reasons behind his behavior.

"Uncle…Nini…want to ask why Uncle is so kind to other people?" Nini's cute voice was heard from the direction of the carriage and on the other side General Lukman who was currently riding his horse beside the carriage.

Smiling as he then answered, "Shouldn't we be helping each other?" replied the General.

"But Uncle, if fellow humans like to help then why didn't anyone help Nini, before meeting Uncle?" Asked hesitantly again to the General.

"They may be busy or have their own problems, Nini, so they haven't been able to help Nini, but Uncle is sure that if they were given the opportunity they would definitely help Nini," answered the General again.

"Oh, so it's like that. They were so busy that they forgot to help Nini, then Uncle means you're not busy?" Nini asked again.

"You're right, uncle wasn't busy at that time, so uncle could see Nini clearly, and realized that Nini definitely needed help," General Lukman answered again.

"Good... then Nini doesn't want to be busy, so Nini can help other people like uncle!!" Exclaiming happily, Nini said.

And General Lukman, Sari and the coachman, who heard Nini's words, just smiled while thinking in their hearts.

That being a child is something special, you don't need to know the true cruelty of the world.

Their hearts are still innocent and clean, so kindness will always be easy to cultivate.

Even though now what was on the General's mind, he took these words seriously and thought about his life and the people around him.

Sometimes he realizes that because he and the people around him are busy taking care of their lives, in the end this makes them selfish towards the environment around them.

And unconsciously close their eyes to things they could have done to help others when they needed help.

Moreover, everything in this world is based on karma, there is no eternal and eternal life, everyone will definitely die, and when that happens, all their behavior will be held accountable.

Because to make up for a better life in the next life they need good karma too.

So here General Lukman feels that life is like what Nini said, don't be too busy taking care of the world and forget about your surroundings so that then the eyes of our hearts will be closed to help.

And this of course will be very detrimental to us because the door to goodness, which is also one with the door to wealth and prosperity, is unconsciously missed.

It took another day before they could arrive in the territory of the Mahesa kingdom, and in front of them now they saw a small town that looked quite busy.

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Returning to the castle from Earl Waren, currently a harmonious atmosphere can be seen at the main dining table in the castle.

Seeing this, it was explained that both Earl Waren and General Peter seemed to have made an agreement between the two so that now a harmonious atmosphere was visible.

"Sir general, I will immediately prepare the port location that your kingdom desires and I guarantee that the location will be very good for the logistics center that your kingdom desires," Earl Waren said to General Peter.

"Thank you Thank you for your generosity, Earl Warren, on behalf of the Kingdom of Stovia, I really welcome the efforts you have made, in return of course I will definitely help you to get what you should get," replied General Peter.

"That's good general, and I hope you can help me immediately because this is very important for the survival of my territory." Once again Earl Waren thanked him and told him that he really needed help from the Kingdom of Stovia.

This is of course not without reason, because from the results of monitoring by spies placed in the capital of the Mahesa kingdom, he found that the kingdom was starting to doubt itself and sent envoys to investigate the current situation in its territory.

And because of this, he is now racing against time to cover up the rebellious behavior that has been prepared so far.

He didn't want this important moment to result in failure because the preparations he had made were very long.

So here the role of the Stovia kingdom is really needed to divert attention from the Mahesa kingdom, and from there then take advantage of the existing opportunities and prepare a more mature rebellion.

Because currently, if he calculates the preparations that have been made, only 80 to 90% of the preparations for the rebellion have been successfully carried out, while the rest is still relatively small but still represents the possibility of failure.

So instead of taking risks and sacrificing the efforts he had made so far, he decided to look for more extra time so that when the readiness actually occurred he would get the results he wanted.

As for the real reason why Earl Waren wanted to carry out a rebellion against the Mahesa kingdom, this happened because of a bloody tragedy that occurred hundreds of years ago.

At that time, when the Mahesa Kingdom was founded, the family of Earl Waren, who at that time was one of the important figures in the formation of the kingdom, was indicated.

Collaborating with enemy kingdoms to thwart the establishment of the Mahesa kingdom, finding this was of course the nobles who had agreed to form the Mahesa kingdom and were represented by the Leon Royal family.

Taking firm action by exterminating all the citizens of Earl Waren, but what they never expected from this massacre would be a son who was unaware of the owner of the family.

At that time, with the remaining resources hidden by his family, he slowly but surely began to revive his family which had been massacred.

Until then, because of their services, they were given the title of Baron in the border area, and gradually through their efforts they finally managed to rise until now they became Earls.

Those who are very influential in the border areas, find that the plans that have been prepared for hundreds of years have reached their peak.

Earl Waren, who is currently given the task of doing this, does not want to waste the opportunity that his ancestors did.

So then he tried in various ways to provide sufficient time for the rebellion they had prepared.

After attending a very warm banquet, General Peter and his entourage were given a place to stay near the castle area.

This was of course done to show Earl Waren's sincerity in collaborating with the Stovia kingdom, and on the other hand to spy on their behavior.

It was not without reason that this was done because even though they could currently be said to be good potential allies, Earl Waren always remembered the teachings of his nobles.

There is no one you can truly trust, except your own family.

After General Peter together with his entourage were stationed, in a large manor house specially dedicated to their distinguished guests.

Then immediately the servants and soldiers on duty gave them permission to leave the house.

"Check the entire house and make sure no one is hiding," General Peter's order was immediately heard.

"Good General" and the soldiers who accompanied him immediately answered and carried out their duties.

Seeing this, the diplomats who were also participants in the group did not speak because they realized that this was something they had to follow.

Because who knows, even though Earl Waren looks very friendly, no one really understands the noble's heart, so it's better to always prepare yourself so that in the end when an unwanted situation occurs they won't move.

just passive.

After some time, the soldier assigned to check all the noble houses returned and reported the situation to the General.

It was found that there was no one hiding or places that were suspicious, it was just that in several places in the manor house area, at least a layer of security was needed to avoid unwanted things.

General Peter, who heard the report from his subordinates, agreed to the proposal and after that ordered the entire group to immediately enter the house and clean up.

Then, after they had rested enough, the General decided to hold a meeting to discuss the next steps regarding the actions they would take.

So then after returning again they heard orders from the General, they immediately dispersed and carried out their respective tasks that had been assigned to them.

On the other hand the General chose a quiet, heavily guarded room where he would report directly to his king about the current situation they were facing.

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