–Knight Wiggins. We do understand your concerns.

Knight Wiggins furrowed his brow ever so slightly at that voice coming from the monitor before his eyes. The tone of that man's speech and the contents of what he said didn't match. The words spoken sounded like he agreed with Knight Wiggins, but his tone indicated his skepticism.

That was something Wiggins detested the most.

–Yes, the situation in East Asia is crucial to maintaining world peace. We do understand that. As such, we agreed with your desire to monitor even the smallest ripples spreading out from that region. However...

'Here we go again.'

Wiggins inwardly groaned. To reject and oppose, agree first; this was one of the well-established conversational tactics used throughout history.

–Even ripples have degrees of severity, Knight Wiggins. I meant to say this the last time we convened, but... Well, here we are. I am of the opinion that Korea's impact on East Asia is negligible at best. Let us all be honest here, shall we? Before this event, none of us even knew what the official name of Korea was. Is it South Korea or the Republic of Korea?

None of the other participants of this video conference responded.

Indeed, East Asia necessitated a lot of attention from the Round Table, but their focus didn't really extend to Korea. As a matter of fact, the Round Table paid far greater attention to South Korea's problematic neighbor up north,...