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At the Palace in Imperial Capital,
One of the spies reported to King Lionheart about the latest developments as he gave a written report, "Milord, Count John has successfully delivered the machines and blueprints of the Ballistae. This time it was overseen by Lord Luke himself. Here are the blueprints which I bought personally from the northern domain. The machines are working well according to Ambassador Luke's testing."
King Lionheart immediately caught the blueprints and read the report, "Hahaha, Good, at last, we can start our plans without worrying about anything."
The spy spoke with some hesitation, "However there is a problem."
King furrowed his brows as he asked, "What's the problem?"
Spy laid out the problems, "That Count is asking for our political protection for quite some time. This time again his butler insisted on political protection before handing over the blueprints."
