"Fool! What can a princess mean in the eyes of His Majesty the King?" Lord Mourinho chuckled, "Your political sense is far too shallow. Has His Majesty ever genuinely launched a large campaign simply for a princess? Not all Desert People can be bandits, right? There are good and bad people everywhere, and the downright scoundrels who turn to banditry are, after all, just a minority. His Majesty's grand military expedition is about expanding the territory and increasing his own strength and prestige, isn't it? The Aegean Humans, despite their constant warfare amongst themselves, can still unite against the Bimon Kingdom. Such a foe is tough to bite into, so they have to turn to the Desert People instead, who cannot be expected to band together like the Aegean nations when waging war against the Bimon Kingdom."
"What about the princess, then?" Liu Zhenhan sneered coldly, "Could it be that she just..."