Alpha's Rejected Mate Returns as Queen-Chapter 650 The Fight
650 The Fight Yarin's POV:
I wasn't sure if my sleeping invoked some magical power or what, but when I woke up, something big happened outside.
The human government officially negotiated with the werewolves, requesting extraditing of the captured members of the Lily of the Valley.
Putting aside what would happen if someone was extradited, this behavior was very annoying. Previously, when the Silver Moon Pack was causing a storm, the humans did not even let out a fart, as if they did not know that the Lily of the Valley was causing trouble among the werewolves.
Now that they had been caught, they were in high spirits. They even had more 'serious requests'. This kind of undisguised arrogance was really annoying.
My mother would not indulge humans. Now that the entire werewolf pack was paying attention to the Silver Moon Pack, once she gave in, it would bring a massive crisis of trust to the government and the royal family.
Moreover, many werewolves had already gone to the human world to study or do business. Although they might not necessarily be in this shameless country, the weakness of their compatriots would inevitably make them suffer discrimination and disdain in the unfamiliar world.
Of course, my mother did not agree or refuse. She only vaguely said many official words like humans did to us.
It could be foreseen that this would still be a dispute. Neither side would easily give in and had to go back and forth for a few rounds.
Aunt Dorothy told me this as a joke. She said, "Werewolves and humans might have a telepathic connection in this, right? We won't give up on the criminals we've caught with great difficulty; humans might not want these hot potatoes. The two races were being roasted on fire by their own people, so playing along was difficult."
"Could the statement of the government of Jasper be fake?"
"Of course not. It's written in black and white. How can it be fake? But just because it isn't fake doesn't mean it is real. The government of Jasper might want to avoid taking over this. If they wanted to, if they could, the Lily of the Valley would have been banned long ago.
"Unfortunately, they also know that the Lily of the Valley is not to be trifled with. It has already developed too much power at the border. It is said that although the city is still under the leadership of the government of Jasper in name, all the officials, wealthy business people, and celebrities have long been loyal dogs of the Lily of the Valley. The government of Jasper showed a cowardly attitude toward this and would rather turn a blind eye to the man with the knife next to the bed."
I said thoughtfully, "Although the government of Jasper doesn't want to get involved in this, Jasper isn't the only city at the border. The citizens of the other cities don't know about the dispute. They're pressuring the government because of this, forcing them to stand up and make a statement."
"But why do the Jasperians want to deal with the criminals in the Lily of the Valley?" Heller asked. "They know what these people have done to the werewolves…"
"Not necessarily, dear." Aunt Dorothy smiled. "First of all, the Jasperians might not know what Lily of the Valley did in the Silver Moon Pack. After all, they are thousands of miles away from us. Everything they know is told to them by the government and the media. If they don't say it, the Jasperians might think that the Lily of the Valley members are poor people illegally arrested by the werewolf race for no reason!
"Moreover, if the two sides were to switch places, and they were captured by the humans in Jasper, and the humans listed some crimes that required them to be sentenced to death, would you gladly accept the news and clap your hands?"
Heller shook his head. Closely after that, he understood it. "So, this has nothing to do with justice but status and dignity. If the Lily of the Valley criminals were executed by the werewolves in their territory, it would be equivalent to the dignity of Jasper being trampled under the werewolves' feet. If Jasper just accepted it silently, it would be equivalent to admitting defeat and taking the werewolf pack as his own!"
"It's a little exaggerated, but that's the truth. Aunt Dorothy patted Heller's head, praising him, "Therefore, the key of this event is not whose cell the criminals are staying in."
"The werewolves have indeed opened up communication channels with Jasper and other human countries, but other than mutual benefits, the open and secret struggles have already begun. Everyone wanted to occupy an advantageous position, and no one wanted to become an extra or a vassal. It was just that everything still lacked a breakthrough point where they could openly argue. Now, isn't the opportunity here?
"Other than Jasper, many human countries and other supernatural races also pay attention to this matter. Everyone is talking about it. Now, both Jasper and we are in a dilemma." 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒐𝙧𝒈
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the criminals in the Lily of the Valley could not be returned to the humans. From the very beginning, the arrogance and contempt of the humans were undisguised. The self-righteous 'help' and 'kindness' were also suppressed by my mother because of the development of the werewolves.
However, everything was already enough. We did not have to bow down to humans to the point where we had to hand over the murderers who harmed the werewolves. As Aunt Dorothy had said, this was a silent battle of status. The werewolves did not have to win, but we could not lose.
