>>6010616“What? Why!?” Marie says in a wavering voice, “Y-you didn’t help anyone back there! You kidnapped people, killed people, destroyed their lives!” She yells at the man.
The male Stranger sighs but does not look deterred, “It is regrettable that my gift comes at a cost, but if a few hundred must die to save millions then that is a sin I am willing to bear for the sake of the world.”
“You monster!” Marie looks angered.
“What I find even more regrettable is that a fellow Japanese citizen is with the party trying to stop me. What is it that motivates you, I wonder? Is this an act of survival after being caught by the Inquisition? Malice born out of hatred for your people? Or are you still living in a naive fantasy that you’re some anime heroine fighting bad guys and saving the world? Because I hate to tell you the tooth fairy is not real but the latter is untrue.”
“I-i,” Marie is at a loss for words.
“That’s enough,” Your own words come out with more force than you expected them to have, “What intention do you have opening a dialog with us? I have a feeling it is not simple to taunt.”
“It would be childish of me if it was. I am here to inform you to stop-”
“Afraid?” You haughtily cut him off.
“Hardly,” But he is not deterred, “You are attempting the impossible, look at what I have built in just a few weeks. A few more and I’ll have control of the entire region.”
“And that’s exactly why we’re here,” Inquisitor Asher says, “But given how you’re so knowledgeable I assume you already know that,” That’s a statement, not a question.
The Stranger nods, “It would be foolish to throw your lives away against inevitability. I am here asking for your conditional surrender, I can assure you that you will be given every right befitting the common man during your stay as political hostages. I will not force you to do anything unfavorable, nor engage in acts of torture or cruelty. Your internment will be more like a vacation than a prison, you may even be in contact with one another if you so choose.”
“As if we’d believe that,” Silas comments.
“It is your choice whether you wish to or not, but I implore you to at least consider my proposal before you crash my ship into my city. I have told no lies throughout our discussion.”
“And with me as a hostage, you’d be in a much better position to negotiate with Lindan as a whole.”
“I hope that with your father's reputation, it will be a peaceful ceding of power, though I promise no harm will come to you if they choose otherwise.”
“Then it isn’t much of a threat if my safety isn’t on the line.”
“They will not know that, of course.”
You scoff and
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