Two incidents connecting together caused Shelter VII's confidence in his own military to plummet further.
"Your Majesty, we have verified this many times, the Alpha Kingdom's naval fleet is fully assembled. Only three warships are currently out for factory repairs after engaging pirates.
If there had been a major naval battle with our fleet, their navy would have at least suffered heavy losses if not a complete annihilation.
Just a few warships with minor damages, that's impossible to achieve."
Ulysses answered with a serious face.
He was reluctant to help clear the enemy of suspicion, but there was no choice—the facts were right in front of him; he couldn't just force an accusation!
Although he often did such things, the situation now was obviously different. If they insisted it was the doing of the Alpha Kingdom, war would be unavoidable.
Not to mention the Human Alliance would not consent, even the Clergy internally would not be able to approve of it.
