The elves' ancestors set a terrible precedent.
If they pulled something like this off without paying any price, then all the other nations would just copy them, and we could forget about maintaining any kind of order.
Might as well fast-forward straight into the Dark Forest era.
Fortunately, the Grand Speaker's stance was still relatively clear.
At the very least, the Hidden Grove side didn't raise many objections.
They were already fully following the instructions he gave.
By the time Louis found out about this, a full day had already passed.
That same day, while he was accompanying Beatrice to feed Kaelin, he spoke bluntly:
"These elves really are old monsters in every sense of the word."
Beatrice calmly cut the steak and used knife and fork to send it into the mouth of the Kaelin in her arms.
She sighed and said:
"Looks like the elves had long been prepared to bear the cost; otherwise they wouldn't have moved this fast."
