"If things are truly as you describe, then I must admit you have caught my full attention, little boy," Felix said, a slow, intriguing smile breaking across his features.
Heigl looked back at Felix with an unyielding, stoic expression. "Mister Yogev wasn't asking for your combat forces. He came to ask for your political support. Even if we were forced to fight, we would overpower your border guards simply because our numbers far exceed yours. Our sole objective is to apply undeniable pressure , nothing more."
Felix raised an eyebrow, amused by the boy's sharpness. "Are you permitted to speak so boldly on behalf of your leader?"
Yogev stepped down from the boulder he had been standing on, crossing the short distance to join them. "Yes, he is fully permitted," Yogev confirmed, placing a supportive hand on Heigl's shoulder. "This young man is the very mind who discovered the reality of the palace."
Felix stood before them both, crossing his arms as he weighed the offer carefully.
