The sky was dark.
Bright magical radiance shone in the spacious and comfortable living room. The smooth, flat marble floor was so bright that it reflected the reflections on it.
The mountains outside the window revealed some greenish hues under the bright moonlight, appearing exceptionally tranquil and serene.
The chilly night breeze blew, and one could even see the treetops in the distance swaying along with the wind, producing a pleasant rustling sound. It looked exceptionally beautiful.
And the only thing one could do in this beautiful scenery was to enjoy it.
Jenn leaned on the sofa without any elegance. The corners of his lips curled up slightly as he gazed at the letter in his hand.
He read the letter in his hand seriously and tossed the letter with the Holy Church's seal to the side.
"The Soros Family rejected my request."
Jenn's tone was calm and there were even some traces of mockery.
Upon hearing his words, Enoya, who had been standing quietly by the side, picked up the letter, scanned it, and shook her head.
"That's only natural, Master.
Although there is a reason for this, it is too outrageous to ask them to compensate for an entire city.
Besides, this isn't a small town, but one of the few major cities in Eagle Plateau.
If the Soros Family were to hand over this city to others, there would be no need for them to continue existing.
No matter what, to the forces in Eagle Plateau, we are outsiders. Therefore, not only will their resistance and rejection not cause them to laugh at us, but it will also make those forces look for trouble with us as a common enemy.
After all, compared to an uninvited intruder, it would be more reassuring to deal with someone who has been living here for a long time. "
Enoya paused and put down the letter in her hand.
"So if we insist on doing things our own way, I'm afraid that we will be surrounded by the entire noble forces in Eagle Plateau. When that happens, the Parkwood Family and the Holy Church won't risk the wrath of the masses to stand on our side.
It seems that this Soros Family Head is indeed smart and understands the logic behind it. "
"Yeah, I like smart people because they like to make simple things complicated."
After listening to Enoya's analysis, Jenn leisurely leaned against the back of the sofa, crossed his hands, narrowed his eyes, and revealed a sly smile.
"The more you think and worry, the easier it is to expose your weaknesses.
Knowing too much is sometimes a weakness, don't you think?
Since the other party thinks that he's very smart and even played such ignorant and stupid tricks in front of me … then Enoya, what should we do next? "
"It's simple, Master."
Facing Jenn's question, Enoya revealed a confident and elegant smile.
"The initiative has always been in our hands. In that case, what we need to do is to continue to control the direction of the negotiation.
Since Soros is so stubborn, we just need to give them another request. "
As for what the request was …
"Get a member of the Soros Family to personally apologize to the Barxianon Menz Family?"
Bishop Howard widened his eyes in surprise as he looked at Enoya, who was standing quietly in front of him, dressed in a gorgeous dress like a rich young lady.
To be honest, after receiving the reply of "at most, we'll all die together" from Soros, Howard was really worried that Jenn would really attack the Soros Family. If that were the case, the Church of Holy Light would be in an awkward position.
But now, it seemed that it was not the case at all.
"You mean, you're willing to give up on the previous request?"
"Of course, Your Excellency Bishop Howard."
Enoya's voice was as gentle and peaceful as ever. Just listening to it made one feel good.
In fact, even if Howard was beaten to death, he would never have thought that the young lady standing in front of him would actually be an undead creature. Come to think of it, the fact that Enoya, who was an undead creature, actually dared to come to the church was already a bizarre thing in itself.
"The previous proposal was just a little joke made by Master. Although that was what he said, we were also very clear that it was just a whimsical idea.
So even if the Soros Family rejected our proposal, it was a matter of course. Both Master and I can understand that. "
At this point, Enoya smiled apologetically at Bishop Howard, which also made the old bishop relax a lot.
However, he also knew that with Jenn's character, things probably wouldn't end so easily.
Bishop Howard was also considered a shrewd old man. Of course, he knew that if Jenn shut up after being rejected by Soros, then the Barxianon Menz Family would have a hard time in the Eagle Plateau in the future.
If they couldn't do something to show their power and existence …
"But …"
Sure enough, just as Howard thought of this, he immediately heard the words that he had expected.
"The Barxianon Menz Family is also a great family with an ancient heritage. We have to respond to any insult or attack on our family members.
Since the Soros Family rejected the previous proposal, we request that the Soros Family express their apology to us! "
At the end of her speech, Enoya's originally gentle voice suddenly became firm.
"If they dare to ignore the glory of the Barxianon Menz Family and try to humiliate us again, then we will wage a war with the Soros Family in the name of our ancestors!
The insulted reputation can only be cleansed with blood!
If the Soros Family continues to ignore our request, then we would rather this plateau be filled with rivers of blood and corpses. Even if we have to be enemies with everyone, we will never back down or waver! "
"This …"
Upon hearing this, Old Bishop Howard was taken aback. At this moment, he finally understood what Lin Li meant.
She was forcing the Soros Family to play their cards!
In the beginning, the Soros Family forcefully rejected Jenn's request, and Howard also thought that the Soros Family's approach was very smart.
Besides, he was really worried that Jenn would choose war regardless of anything. By then, even if he was a decorated noble, the Church of Holy Light would not be able to protect him.
After all, the Church of Holy Light was originally a union of nine churches, so it was naturally impossible for them to cooperate sincerely with each other. Many people were also quite disgusted with Jenn's actions, and felt that it was wrong for the Church of Holy Light to award Jenn the title of nobility. This was because this young man's actions were too improper, and it could easily involve the Church of Holy Light in some trouble.
Hence, if Jenn really decided to take action, the Church of Holy Light would obviously not support him.
But now, Jenn made a rather smart response. He directly threw the blame back to the Soros Family!
Although Alissanda's incident caused an uproar in the Eagle Plateau, be it the nobles, the Church of Holy Light, or anyone else, they all reached a consensus on one point, and that was that Alissanda had gone too far this time.
Sending troops and warships to besiege a legal noble. It would be fine if it were in the deep mountains or forests, but it just had to be in Wallfor, and it was done in front of everyone.
No matter which world it was, there would always be some conventional "unspoken rules," and the nobles were naturally no exception. One could hire assassins to assassinate one's enemies, disguise as bandits to attack their convoy, and even make use of the law to make the other party suffer.
However, these were all private actions that could not be seen in public, and no one would be willing to admit this.
However, what Alexander did was almost equivalent to putting the honeyed words, assassinations, and poisons that the nobles originally had at the banquet directly on the table!
Moreover, it was done openly and without the slightest bit of concealment.
This immediately made the nobles extremely angry. In fact, although they all supported the Soros Family, they really had nothing to say about Alexander, this pig of a teammate.
Even the Church of Holy Light's investigation concluded that Alexander was the main culprit of the whole matter, so they naturally had no doubt about this point.
It was only because Jenn's request was too difficult to accept that it caused the other nobles to react.
After all, if you say that you have to give up territory and pay compensation for offending you once, no one could accept this.
Today, it was the Soros Family, and every day, it would be another family's turn.
Once this kind of thing set a precedent, how could it be?
But now, Jenn cleverly solved this contradiction. He threw the problem back to the Soros Family. Since they made a mistake, then they must apologize.
As for how much sincerity the Soros Family could show, that was the key.
And this was also a very delicate problem. If the Soros Family showed too much "sincerity," then it would be seen as being afraid of Jenn.
But if the Soros Family downplayed this, then when Jenn exploded in rage, the other nobles would not be able to say anything.
After all, no noble would be able to tolerate being humiliated over and over again.
It was also because of this that Bishop Howard's expression changed slightly after hearing Enoya's request. He was very clear that Jenn had now once again pushed all the responsibility to the Soros Family, and next, it was up to the Soros Family to choose whether to fight or make peace.
Faced with this difficult problem posed by Jenn, what kind of answer would the Soros Family give?