"Well, I don't want to face trouble in the region or cause unnecessary chaos. But I also can't give up regional talents just to help these royal houses maintain their power."
"I need young talents, and the regional families have those people. So, if this will eventually change the power structure outside the Black Plain, we can only blame fate for that."
"Obviously, I will limit the future soldiers who come through the competition format we will launch. But if those families still fall, we will just get new sovereigns."
His eyes sharpened, and after a brief pause, he said. "If that happens in the Brown Kingdom, the Black Plain will absorb what remains of that kingdom."
After he finished saying that, silence filled that dining room as everyone thought about Minos' words.
