139 Hidden Currents 6yr

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From the very start, we had agreed upon an alliance. After all, without an invitation with sufficient weight behind it, it was impossible for a top brass of another country to visit other countries so casually.
It is also within expectations that I would get the cold shoulder. They had only invited a run-of-the-mill diplomat, yet contrary to their expectations, I came. This was equal to baiting and preparing to fish for a carp, yet catching a whale instead. Naturally, the fisherman would find the situation hard to process.
Furthermore, if it was just an ordinary diplomatic visit, they wouldn’t make such a big fuss over it. However, the East Mist’s diplomatic party seemed to have ambitious dreams of this trip. The first thing they did after entering the city gates was unloading the goods of nearly a hundred carriages at the square, claiming to "thank Sharal Autonomous Region for their many years of help. In return, we are giving additional gifts on top of the ones used to repay their