Blood Flower 2 | Jenlisa Adaptation

Chapter 206

The Mountain Kingdom

"When you say waiting, do you mean working?" Irene looked towards the mountains of paper in front of Jennie with a helpless smile.

Jennie put the paper down. It was not her intention to have this much work to do during her time here. It was all obviously the person before her fault. If not because she proposed for her to become the military strategist, she could relax more.

"Whose fault do you think this is?"

Irene feigned ignorance at that question. "Can I stay here for now?"

"What about Seulgi?" from what she knew, Irene preferred to stay with Seulgi more than with her. As for what they do during their time alone, she didn't bother asking.

"He's still busy. As the new emperor, the officials need to familiarize themselves with him, so they keep on bothering him," Irene shrugged.

Jennie leaned back on the chair. "Don't you have something to do too, Auntie?"

"I have finished my work to sort out our residence," Irene answered. "It's time for me to relax a little bit."

If she could, Jennie would want some rest too. It has been a few days after the declaration of their family separation from the Ming Kingdom. The other kingdoms have started to give their reaction and stand towards her family movement.

"Come to think about it, why does it seem the paper keeps on increasing?" Irene pointed to the paper.

"The other kingdoms have given their answer towards our family movement," Jennie answered. "And their answers are not exactly kind."

When Jennie said that Irene could feel the chill coming from the little girl. Although she didn't know what their movement was, she could guess it from Jennie's reaction.

"They target us?"

"No, not us, but we will still get implicated later," Jennie answered.

"How?"

Jennie put her hand on her chin, pondering how she should explain the matter to the woman before her. If it was her uncle, she wouldn't have any trouble explaining, but for this clueless woman, she needed to find the simple term for that.

"First of all, we're in the middle of the warring era, which means it is common for the kingdoms to go to war," Jennie started. "Each of the kingdoms tries to conquer more areas because it means they can gain more resources. Be it natural resources or human resources, both are equally important.

Because of that, we develop strategies for war. Attacking when a kingdom was at its weakest point is very common or collaborating to defeat a certain kingdom that becomes a threat for them before the threat comes true."

Irene nodded her head. She could understand that much.

"However, warfare is based on deception. The better you can trick your opponent, the higher your chance to win. From the surface, it seems that the Ming Kingdom is the only threat to them because of how the emperor conducts all these years. Kim Family without Jayn is similar to a big force without a leader," at this point, Jennie's lips curled up.

"For them, we're not a threat right now because our terrain is foreign for them. Other than Yuan Kingdom, almost no other kingdom has mountains in their areas, at most only hills. As long as we don't attack them, they won't bother us, with the exception of someone who bears a grudge towards the Kim Family."

Besides, the Ming Kingdom was located at the very center of five big kingdoms. With their natural resources always producing a lot each year, they would be a better target than this underdeveloped mountain. 

Even a child knew that the Ming Kingdom seemed more attractive than the Mountain Kingdom in regard to natural resources.

Irene tried to digest the information Jennie gave her. For her to understand what the little girl before her said was truly difficult.

Seeing the confused expression on Irene's face, Jennie smiled bitterly. Did it still hard to understand?

"In simple terms," Jennie opened her mouth again. "For now, they won't attack the Mountain Kingdom but the Ming Kingdom."

"Why?"

"Because we appear weak right now and there's not much to gain from attacking us," Jennie smiled bitterly. It was really hard to explain something to this aunt of hers.

Irene tilted her head, "Then should we strike them when they focus on the Ming Kingdom?"

"Of course not," Jennie rubbed her forehead. "There's no need for us to involve ourselves in a useless battle. War won't bring many benefits if we prolong them, so it's better to strike at the opportunity time."

"When is that time?"

"I don't know," Jennie shrugged. She needed to wait to see how the war progressed before she could make the decision. "The time will come, but I still don't know when."

Irene looked towards Jennie with confusion. She truly didn't know what was in her niece's mind, but she knew that she was someone who could make the right decision.

"I still don't understand our condition in this war," Irene said again. "But I guess I will just follow what you say."

"..." that's called blind trust.

Facing this aunt of hers who didn't seem to understand the situation of the kingdom, Jennie felt rather helpless. It was actually easy to understand that the other kingdoms won't bother them for now and focus on the Ming Kingdom.

"Have you ever learned about war from General Tou?" Jennie decided to ask.

Irene nodded her head. "He teaches me about that a few years ago, but I can't seem to understand many things. All that I know from war is the fact that war won't bring many benefits for the country."

"How did you come to that conclusion?"

"That's because many of the families in the kingdom lost some of their members," Irene answered promptly. She was also included in those families because she lost her brother, and she didn't wish to see anyone she knew died again. That was the very reason she was so against war.

"Even if you don't want any war, it will still happen because of conflicts between each kingdom," Jennie said.

"I know that one."

Jennie stared at her aunt suspiciously. "Do you know what conflicts that happen?"

"Conflicts to prove who's the greatest?"

"...."

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