C3 - Plan "A" has Failed

After three hours of hard work, my father finally gave in. The content was so baffling that I could only open my mouth.

"So, you sealed off the Glucaman Road?"

I said the words back to my father in a daze. It sounded like something out of the blue, but this is the reality.

The Glucaman Road was the

shortest route connecting Western Azekien and Eastern Belgoth and its owner was Lebovny, which was located between the two. Lebovny signed an agreement to receive some of the items from both Belgoth and Azekien if the road was opened.

Belgoth was in the eastern part of the continent and an empire that does not have mana stones. It is a mineral that is necessary to protect the yellow sea and border, so Belgoth needs the right to travel through the Glucaman Road.

As for Lebovny, they had the advantage by being paid for mana stones. However, recently, a large mine was found in Azekien. Naturally, the volume of mana stones being traded skyrocketed between Belgoth and Azekien. This led to my father's greed. So, last year, he changed the agreement. Instead of being paid with the mana stones, he wants to be paid with 10% of the total transaction volume.

It was scary. No, this guy, this empire is scary!

"Err, they can only go to Azekien if they use Glucaman Road, so this is a winning condition for me." My father hurried out his excuse.

It's been two years since we sealed off the road. Two years! I'm pissed.

"Are you not afraid of the empire's retaliation?!" My voice grew louder.

"Oh, my God, Yenny. Yenny, even though Belgoth is the eastern power, it is also a country that signed a peace treaty with us. They can't hurt us."

My father seemed to try to appease me somehow. Sadly, not a word was heard.

That very Belgoth will be here soon. We will be raided. Tezevia will be kidnapped. They will kidnap her!

"You're never going to reopen Glucaman road, are you?"

"There's no reason for that. If we wait a little longer, we will get mana stones that our kingdom wouldn't even imagine even after working for months."

My father gave a very gentle answer.

Yeah. If I were not in the novel and didn't know what would happen, I would have believed it. This situation may have been a victory for Lebovny without a tug-of-war situation.

But I knew that Belgoth's patience would soon crumble!

"Oh, really."

There is nothing else I can do to change my stubborn father's mind. So, I left the office.

Plan A failed.

I can't believe it failed before I could even do anything. I bit my lips as I sighed for the 145th time.

Let's wake up. How long am I just going to sigh?

"...Good. I need plan B."

Fernandez who was following Yerenica seemed to be surprised when he saw her mumbled to herself.

He can see the burning determination in her eyes as he follows along.

If we can't stop Belgoth' s invasion of Lebovny, then... the next thing will happen is Tezevia's kidnapping. That's my plan B. Stop the Emperor of Belgoth from kidnapping my sister!

By the way, when exactly did Belgoth invade? At this point, I can say that I have no luck.

"Oh, come on!" I screamed as I gripped my head. I don't know. I don't know. I can't remember!

I took a handful of my soft pink hair as I thought,

"Ahem, when the hell is it?"

Belgoth is coming in for a surprise invasion and as soon as I remember Plan B, I know the coffin was sealed. Before I can stop my sister's kidnapping, I need to know when the empire is coming. But I didn't know exactly

when.

I know the time was clearly mentioned in the novel, unlike the Glucaman Agreement. I just can't remember! I'm sure I read it!

I tried to recall more as I held on to my hair.

At the very beginning of the novel, the date of the invasion was mentioned. It was also mentioned in the middle of the story. I was too focused on the love story between the characters that I forgot about the background information.

Get a grip!

I took a deep breath.

"No. Let's calm down. I can do it. It will come to me..."

but no. Nothing came to my mind and it seemed like my memory just went out to the window. I felt like I forgot the more I thought about it.

"Damn it."

I ended up lying on the bed, spitting out profanities. I know that the tragedy is coming but I can't tell when. It seems like I can't be the hidden hero to save the kingdom.

I hit the pillow in a fit of rage.

"Why do I have to worry about this in the first place?"

My thoughts went back to the start of this whole situation. At the very moment when this suddenly happened to

me. Why am I trying to save the kingdom? Why am I doing it?

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