Villain Princess.

"Father, there’s also a message from His Majesty," Henry, Duke Sun’s first son, reminded.

"Hmm?" Duke Sun, who was already distressed because of the high cost he have to bear, quickly opened the letter. Upon reading the content, he laughed out loud.

Leon, who had only returned home for a short period of time, looked at his father speechlessly. It was rare to see his father so happy like this.

"What’s the content of the letter, Father?" Henry asked.

"Duke Yelan will be the one to fund the war. His Majesty also said that he had sent a letter to him so that his troops could come to the border." Duke Sun laughed out loud.

He thought that he would have to suffer greatly in this war.

Who would have thought that the Yellow Kingdom’s King would instead ask Duke Yelan to step forward.

Duke Sun was very pleased.

Of course, since Duke Yelan would be the one to fight the war, most of the profit of the mine that they won would fall on Duke Yelan. But Duke Sun could also get a percentage of the profit without the need to do anything.

How could he not be pleased?

Duke Sun didn’t know what the Yellow Kingdom’s King do to make Duke Yelan willing to do this. But to be able to order Duke Yelan like this, Duke Sun felt that the the Yellow Kingdom’s King is simply the best.

If he was not wrong, Duke Yelan is Queen Ella’s brother.

Tsk, tsk, the two brother and sister might even have a quarrel because of this matter.

"Is this true?" Henry looked at the letter and was dumbfounded. He didn’t know that the Yellow Kingdom’s King could do this.

"Why not?" Duke Sun shrugged. "His Majesty is not the type of person to joke around about this matter. We only need to welcome Duke Yelan’s arrival. Come with me, Henry. You too, Leon."

Leon looked at the letter and nodded dumbly.

He already knew that there might be a war since his father had mentioned that matter in the past.

But...

"Father, do you think someone arranged for this?" Leon asked as he slowly followed his father.

Duke Sun paused in his steps.

If he had to be honest, He had also thought about this matter. Because the timing was very accurate. It was as if they were waiting for the person who handled this matter to change hands and then all sort of things just happened.

But...

"Whether there’s someone’s arrangement or not, it didn’t seem to be of any use to know and guess," Duke Sun said slowly. "Besides, there are many things that have to happen to lead to this war. There’s no single cause."

Leon was silent.

His father was right.

The war was already inevitable to a certain degree. Perhaps, there were some ways they could avoid the war but it would have been difficult to achieve in normal times. Right now, they have even reached an agreement for this so called war.

"I see."

"Don’t think too much." Duke Sun shook his head. "Come with me to see them and after that, you still have to prepare for your marriage."

Leon: "..."

He had the feeling that his father was really eager to get him married to Marquis Brown’s Family.

Turning his head to look at his older brother, he saw Henry was stifling his laugh.

Henry is older than him, but Henry’s fiancée was one year younger than Leon, so Henry would only get married next year when his fiancée reached the age.

Otherwise, it would not be Leon’s turn to get married ahead of his older brother.

Still, looking at his older brother’s expression, Leon was tempted to challenge his older brother to the field.

Unfortunately, there was no time.

They departed and after a few days of journey, they saw Duke Yelan who came to Duke Sun’s territory along with his men. Looking at his expression, his face was as black as ink.

It was clear that Duke Yelan was displeased by the Yellow Kingdom’s King’s decision.

But there was nothing that he could do.

If he didn’t go to the war, then he would be declared treason and the Yellow Kingdom’s King might even take back his power and territory.

His sister was still in the palace.

And his family wouldn’t be able to live without this title.

Thankfully, the Yellow Kingdom’s King still gave him benefit.

As long as he won the war, he could get more than 50% of the profit from the mine alone.

That should be able to cover the loss from the war.

Of course, the premise was that he won.

"I will leave it to you, Duke Yelan." Duke Sun was smiling from ear to ear when he saw Duke Yelan.

Duke Yelan looked at Duke Sun like this and was tempted to smash a punch to the man’s face. But thinking that he still needed Duke Sun’s cooperation to operate in the latter’s territory, he held back.

Besides, there was no need for the three dukes to fight against each other all the time.

Yes, the relationship between the three dukes were not good.

It couldn’t be considered so bad but there were many times when they wanted to beat up each other.

"I know." Duke Yelan snorted.

Leon watched from the back.

He knew, the war had started.

...

The news of the war between the Yellow Kingdom and the Sand Kingdom spread very quickly. At this point of time, Prime Minister Jake had departed from the Yellow Kingdom.

Nonsense, if he dared to stay there any longer, there were many people who would want to eat him alive.

Besides, he would help the noble to win the war. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

So he had other things to do.

On the other hand, it was the Yellow Kingdom’s side that was in uproar because of this war. No one thought that after the Red Kingdom, their own kingdom would also have a war.