"We can give it a try. Talk to them. If the Thorny Flower family is willing to deploy troops, I can offer an additional twenty thousand gold coins to assist your negotiations." Count Lunaf was the first to express a willingness to consider the proposal.
Seeing the biggest lord of Baldim County speak up, the eastern nobles in the hall erupted into murmurs of discussion.
"But Count Marmore detests the Northern people. If he sends someone to question us about why we are colluding with the Orland people, how should we respond?" someone asked Count Lunaf.
Slapping the armrest of his chair, Count Lunaf furrowed his brows in anger and said, "If Count Marmore could send troops to save us, would we still be in this position? What's there to justify to him?"
Ultimately, a few lords from the southern regions, who were more inclined to solicit Duke Ablo's assistance, left the meeting with their entourages.
The majority of the eastern nobles, however, accepted the proposal.
