-knock knock-

"commander! we're here to report!"

"come in" Libhane answered

-krieet-

The door opened, and he could see two soldiers standing up in front of him.

"how's the chief?"

"we are moving him in the next room, just like your order commander!"

"good. You can leave now"

"thank you sir!"

He saluted and left the room. Meanwhile, Yana still stood there. As both of them expected, Libhane responded to it.

"welcome to my fort..."

"I'm Yana, from Ohre's village" He came in

"Yana, welcome. Must be a long way from your place to get here" He smiled

"well..compared to your one hundred soldiers and a chief of king's guard gift, that's barely become a problem"

"hahaha! just from your response, i can tell that you're a very interesting man. Come here!! please sit"

Yana calmly walked towards him and sat in front of him. Such situation, made Iris confused.

"don't be such a stranger Iris! come here. You know that this man is the only one who can help your people.. right Yana?" He looked at him

"that's right. I'll settle this matter for sure" He showed a very confident face

"....is that really okay to do? Yana?"

"sure, Iris. You can come here"

With a very hesitant face, she approached them and stood behind Yana. It's a quite a scenery actually, how she naturally took her position just like Yana's personal maid.

"are you sure? you don't want to sit?"

"you don't have to ask again human. I'm fine"

"well, our princess here is really taking your side huh Yana? how you do that?"

"very simple commander, i .."

"please, call me Libhane"

"ok then. It's very simple Libhane, i've listened to her trouble instead burning her kingdom and prisoned her people"

"ahaha, please Yana. You're casually throwing your sarcasm like that. Holy mother, i don't know when the last time i talk with an interesting man like you.. -fuuh-"

He leaned back and looked to the outside of the window. Night already came, and it became a sign for the end of this day.

"just want to confirm something..you know you can't kill me right? even if you are working together with Iris"

"... there's 12% chance to do that, but yeah most likely i can't kill you. But that's never been an option for me in the first place"

"I'm really glad Yana!! now I'm really sure we will get along just fine"

"that's....i don't know about that"

"hmmm, why?"

"well, you already know the answer"

"-sigh- come on Yana. I'm pretty sure you know why I'm doing all of this"

"can't say I'm totally clueless.."

"then why?"

"I'm here now, standing as your opponent. I think that's already clear"

Libhane took his position and moved closer to Yana.

"that's why your answer doesn't make a sense to me"

"is that so hard to understand?"

"yeah, i mean....look at her. She can live here as my maid, and her people...well even it's not in the best condition, they could live here" He pointed at Iris

"i see. You're saving them, that's what you're trying to say"

"that's the truth really..you know that! so why you against me and my soldiers" He confused

"hmm, before that. Can i have a drink?" Yana replied

"holy mother! where's my manner! Iris! bring us something here!"

"..... understood"

Iris turned around and left the room.

-clack-

The door was closed and there's only two of them in the room. Libhane started the conversation again.

"hahaha! forgive me Yana. How can i not realize that? now you can freely say your opinion to me"

"how delicate you are Libhane"

"now now, speaking to a very smart person like you is really a rare chance you know? come on! don't hold back"

"well, if you say so" Yana leaned back

Libhane waited for Yana's answer

"it's very simple, the reason why i don't choose to take your side, human side.."

"don't give me a boring answer like it's against norms and morale or something useless like that"

"haha, of course not. It's simply because your intention, your goal"

"my intention? my goal? ah, i see now. So you are the one who told Chanotte about my plan to use his family. Ahaha, now it's make sense, ah..this will be very interesting"

"as expected, for someone who can manipulate Chanotte that far, you're a fast thinker Libhane"

"hey, you too Yana. So let me hear your words about my intention and my goal"

"sure, sure. Both of them....are really boring. Your intention, your goal, they're simply... boring"

Libhane closed his mouth and stared him. The atmosphere started to become heavy and serious.

"now now, after that words, I'm highly expecting some good explanation Yana..or"

"or what? you will kill me at the end. Do you think a threat would work now?"

"-fuuh- you're right. Oh my, it's very stupid of me, to let my emotion out just like that"

"don't mind it, cause it will become uglier later"

"hoo.... that's quite a bold statement there Yana"

"well, I'm here, in the middle of enemy base..with the their commander. Not to mention all of the remaining soldier will be back from the capital. Bold is the only thing that i have, right?"

"whoaa... to think you know about that too. Damn Yana! is there anything that can make me even more suprise?!"

"-sigh- stop it Libhane. Whatever you want to do with black testament, stop it. Those rituals, sacrifices, and whatever at the end of it.. that's not a power that you could control..."

-zriiing-

A short knife was directed at his face. Libhane gave this murderous looks.

"well well...indeed, that makes me become really suprise Yana"

"why in such a hurry? our conversation is just begun..right?" He smiled

-----( Chapter 95 "Two men" )-----