70 – An uncomfortable meeting in a different sense (?)
A view of the city in front of you.
Looking at the place, which has a scale that is incomparable to anything like Stackwick Fort or Aboriginal villages I have seen so far, I couldn’t help but feel a strange feeling inside.
To be honest, I’ve seen similar places in game many times, but there’s a big difference between seeing it on screen and seeing it in real life.
‘Is this a city in a fantasy world… It’s definitely a different feeling from small towns.’
A scene that makes you feel as if you are on a foreign trip.
That was the time when I was busy taking in the surroundings while feeling excited for a moment.
“Everything has come. right there.”
“ah… ”
In the sudden words of General Franklin,
I couldn’t help but feel that my mood was going downhill.
‘Uh… You finally came. The moment of meeting… ‘
The place called the home of General Franklin in question,
Watching this, I began to feel like a test of how I’ve been in this world so far.
Whether it was college admissions or getting a job, I hated interviews like this, so I looked closely at the place Franklin pointed out, feeling like something was wrong.
A gathering place that is just in between a normal family house and a mansion of aristocrats in a so-called fantasy world.
It wasn’t very small, but looking at the place that wasn’t very big,
I was able to get a rough idea of the character of Franklin’s father, the so-called ‘Senator’.
‘I heard that he was good at business and made quite a bit of money… It seems that he has a frugal personality in many ways.’
With that thought in mind, I carefully got out of Franklin’s wagon.
Right after that, we see a group of people.
In front of them, who at first glance seemed to be servants waiting for us to come,
The owner, a middle-aged man with straight bangs, was standing in a neat suit.
‘What can I say… It looks just like the one I saw on the $100 bill.’
This one might have something to do with it, since it was originally a game character, but it’s a part that I don’t know about.
So, looking at him, who seemed to feel a strange familiarity in his appearance, I greeted him politely with Franklin.
“I’m home. Senator.”
General Franklin, who speaks with a hard voice in many ways.
On the other hand, looking at her like that, that person…
A member of the rebel council and the father of General Franklin.
Senator Benjamin T Franklin spoke in a voice with a hint of caution.
“Come on, daughter. How have you been…?”
“You already know about me, don’t you? There should be one or two eyes released by the congressman.”
“Little… ”
“Let’s stop talking about meaningless things. I came here today only for the national interest… And to introduce someone who might be part of the family. then.”
“… ”
With those harsh words, Franklin headed straight into the mansion.
Seeing her like this, Senator Benjamin couldn’t say anything more and just looked at her with a sad expression on his face.
And,
Watching the two of them like this, I began to feel that the painting was very different in many ways from what I had expected so far.
‘What can I say… It feels like a word like mid-life crisis comes to mind… ‘
It reminds me of a rough-and-tumble teenage daughter and her father who struggles with it.
It was at that time that I was feeling strange in many ways about that fact.
“… I’m sorry. You looked bad from the start.”
“Yes? ah… no.”
Senator Benjamin suddenly apologized to me.
After answering, feeling ashamed for nothing, I bowed my head again.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Edward Cromwell.”
“Yeah, I heard the story. Also, I should say that you have been of great help lately.”
“Um… ”
At his words of embarrassing story, I cleared my throat slightly, and Senator Benjamin continued talking with a light smile.
“That’s all right, since it’s clear that you’re very capable on either side. Moreover, if it weren’t for you… I am grateful enough that I may not have been able to see my daughter like this, and furthermore, that all of us would have been at stake.”
The words of Congressman Benjamin, which are not just empty words, but a considerable sincerity are felt.
And I knew very well that his story fit right in without a single deviation.
In fact, if I hadn’t betrayed and escaped, General Franklin would have already died at this point, and the Saratoga Battle was also likely to have been defeated like a dog just before the Battle of Camden in the Saur Caroline region.
And,
in that they are well aware of this fact.
I could perceive that this person in front of me was in many ways not an ordinary person.
‘but… General Franklin was not an ordinary person, so it would be natural for the sword to be tough on this one too.;
In any case, as a result, the attitude of a member of the council seemed to be looking at me quite favorably.
With this feeling of relief, I began to follow General Franklin, who had entered the mansion earlier with him.
“Let’s hear it, are you dating my daughter?”
“Yes, it is. It happened after the general first spoke.”
“… is it… That kid first… I mean, we talked.”
A member of the council who starts to make faces that seem complicated in many ways to my words.
Looking at his face, which seemed to reflect something of regret and relief at the same time about the fact that his daughter had a boyfriend,
I’m getting more… I couldn’t help but feel that the painting was very different from what I had imagined in many ways.
Frankly, ‘I can’t give my daughter to anyone!’ or… ‘How dare you be mean!’ I expected the same story to come out. What he sees now is just a typical father with a daughter, nothing more and nothing less.
It was a good thing for me, who thought that maybe I would go through a headache,
At the same time, I couldn’t help but wonder about the relationship between the two fathers and daughters, who were somehow a little too cold.
‘Come to think of it, General Franklin never called you father all the way here, did you?’
No matter how highly retarded a member of the legislative body or a general is, even considering such a social status, it feels a little too rigid.
In particular, I couldn’t help but think that there must be something wrong between them, given that General Franklin showed an openly unwilling reaction to his father.
at the same time,
As a lover, I also think that I need to hear the details when the opportunity arises in the future.
‘But for now, it’ll be overkill. It doesn’t seem like a light topic at first glance… More than anything. Right now, we have a problem that needs more attention than that.’
Again, my meeting with General Franklin’s family on this trip was always secondary.
The most important thing right now is about the meeting with the envoy from Franz Kingdom scheduled for tomorrow.
As much as our fate may be decided at that meeting,
I concluded that after solving this part, I could take care of something else.
at that time…
‘… I wondered when it would come out.’
An information window began to appear before my eyes.
So I opened it, which now feels welcome, and began to examine the contents.
＜Hidden Quest – Negotiation＞
[Despite your efforts, General Gates’ shovel brought the war back to square one.
The rebels are trying to join hands with the kingdom of Franz, the enemy of the empire, in order to make a breakthrough.
However, Franz Kingdom is not an easy opponent, and negotiations are going through difficulties.
Assist Senator Benjamin at tomorrow’s meeting to make the negotiations successful.
God-given powers will help.
Goal: Alliance with Franz Kingdom.
Rewards: Multiple Reinforcements, God’s Blessing (Half Year)]
A quest with content that was expected to some extent.
However, what caught my eye among them was the reward.
It was a matter of course that the reinforcements would be sent by the Franz Kingdom,
The problem was about the ‘God’s Protection’ buff given for half a year.
Until now, God’s protection buffs had been given roughly in line with subsequent battles or missions.
But now, the period of the given buff was half a year.
It was by no means a short time
In other words, it meant that the war that would follow once the alliance was concluded might be on a different level than before.
‘A meeting is also a meeting… More than that, it seems to mean that the gate to hell will open next… ‘
Feeling uncomfortable in so many ways, I accepted the quest once.
In any case, as much as it is necessary to avoid failure in negotiations, it is with the thought that there is no choice but to accept the mud fight that will happen later.
*
Provisional government building located in the center of the city of Philadelphia.
Following Congressman Benjamin and moving through it, I once again made up my mind about the negotiations that would follow.
Of course, it was Congressman Benjamin, the official spokesman of the rebels, who was actually negotiating, and our role was nothing more than a mere attendant.
However, judging from the contents of the quest I received yesterday, as well as the fact that he had called us to this far away place, it was clear that I had important work to do.
The place I arrived with that in mind.
In what appeared to be a fairly large conference hall, only two people could be seen.
A person holding a document that appears to be a secretary,
And… The person who appears to be the death god in question.
Contrary to what I thought, looking at her who is quite young and at the same time has a face that makes it impossible not to think of her as a beauty.
Feeling even more tense, I decided to observe the situation as calmly as possible.
‘Is that person… The Chancellor of the Kingdom of Franz, a man named Eli Helat.’