@Ripvanwinkle111 don't you think they've started the war because that's the last option they could have ? the famine literally lasted for five years so I believe they would have tried everything they could along the years. 5 year is not a short amount of time. And you said to borrow the money from the other countries, do you remember how much they owed the golden bank? the interest are too much that they can't hold back anymore that's why they have to resort to the war. you know how much interest the golden bank give. that's one of the reason why one of the viscount in the early chapters also lose to roman. because of their pressure to pay back the money to golden bank. from that, we can see how desperate they are from how much the hetro kindom owed from the bank.
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