As soon as Brand finished speaking, the assembly place surrounded by ten ancient banyan trees fell into a dead silence, with a pin-drop being audible. Everyone looked at Brand standing high on the platform, yet no one could utter a single word.
"Lord... why?" someone finally asked.
Brand thought for a moment: "Because I want to prevent a noble-blooded, most legitimate heir of the Kingdom, a true Princess, from falling into a trap. For this, Tonyger may offend all her enemies, and those princes and nobles who don't get what they want at the negotiation table will unite, and the war will spread throughout Erune. We have almost no allies and can only rely on our strength to save this crumbling Kingdom."
