Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 958

Lisandra spoke first.

She believed Starhaven had violated the agreement between the two kingdoms, which was to not harm civilians or execute prisoners of war. The slaughter of civilians and the brutal treatment of a war prisoner during wartime were actions that would outrage both man and god. Similarly, the massacre of the Sinclair family by Westhaven's spies was a grave mistake.

"We seek peaceful negotiations, and for that to happen, both sides must acknowledge these facts. Only with that understanding can we proceed with talks for peace between our kingdoms."

Once the translator relayed her words, both Rafael and the negotiating officials from Starhaven agreed with her.

Thus, the negotiations officially began.

Westhaven put forward five conditions. Firstly, Starhaven must issue a formal apology to the people of Westhaven for the lives lost.

Second, Starhaven was to pay compensation of 10,000 gold coins.

Third, compensation of 3,000,000 bushels of grain was to be delivered to Westhaven by Starhaven representatives.

treaty signed at Fawnrun City was to be rendered null and void. This meant the border should revert to

Aurora, and Dominic must

Starhaven had prepared itself for tough terms, these demands

accept the terms of delivering 3,000,000 bushels of grain or shifting the borderlines," Rafael said. "We acknowledge our fault, but the massacre of the Sinclair family is also tied to the situation at

Westhaven, but General Sullivan does not bear the main responsibility. At the time, he was severely injured and unable to control his subordinates. Therefore, he should be

your violation of the agreement.

you say shows a lack

for the facts. The Sinclair family massacre was carried out by Westhaven spies. Regardless of their reasons, it is unforgivable to carry out such a brutal act against innocent

facts, and as such, we are willing to follow the first two conditions in regard to the massacre of the Sinclair family," Lisandra said firmly. "We will apologize to the remaining Sinclair family members and compensate them with 40,000 gold coins. With

fact that you killed war prisoners and massacred villagers, breaking the agreement first. Therefore, you bear the main responsibility. The

to agree. His goal was to remove Dominic from those first two conditions and to place the Sinclair family issue on the negotiating table. The primary aim was to absolve Dominic

talking about

his tone calm

"I ask that Westhaven

guilty of not being able to control his subordinates. He neither gave the order nor participated in the massacre of war