Therefore, the essence of the Tariff Union was a red cloth, provoking the Crown Prince, this wild bull, to make the first move—seizing the moral high ground and international sympathy, and eliminating the possibility of church intervention and mediation.
"The Church?"
Bureze turned his face in confusion, his coffee cup suspended mid-air.
Minerva nodded.
"If it were the Financial Group Elf Camp that actively initiated hostilities, the Church would gain an excellent pretext to intervene, mediating conflicts between nations and presenting a united front against different races and heretics. Although the Church's influence is not what it once was, it could at least alleviate the current isolation of our country and prevent us from being attacked both internally and externally. But if we strike first, the nations that initially wished to completely defeat us would not accept any mediation."
