To say that the primate dropped a bomb on the entire place would be a gross underdescribtion of the effect that those few words of his had over the entire hall. Yes, outside of me, only the primate himself didn't seem to be perturbed by the news that he spoke off himself.
"Offer? Stop putting us on edge. We are not in a theatre for you to play around with tension when speaking to us."
This sudden revelation seemed to bring more harm to the primate plans that it brough benefits. While it was certain that he managed to catch nearly everyone by a surprise, but the looks of fury visible on the faces of some of the high nobles clearly indicated that they weren't happy with this kind of withholding information from them.
"Alright, alright. To put it in short, they somehow came to the conclusion that if we want to end the war, then we could as well unite our two countries in a royal marriage. And given the terms that were offered alongside the marriage…"
