Editing Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 9 Chapter 2 (section)

==Part 7==
Basara’s words could have frozen the air in the room.
“How can the Village guarantee that there won’t be another person like Seito-san, who will go berserk with rage, and a person like me who won’t be able to control their power?”
This was Basara’s last resort. To use his own tragedy as the piece to break the ‘logic’ of the Elders.
“Last time, you were able to keep the casualties and damages to within the Village, but there is no guarantee that the next time something happens, it will be conveniently within the barrier of this Village.”
“How dare you… Basara, do you plan to abandon your responsibility for your crimes?” Atsuta spewed in anger.
“No, not at all sir. I am to blame for that tragedy and I do not plan to run away from it. It is something I will have to shoulder for the rest of my life.”
Basara took a breath.
“But if you all say that any future you create is based absolutely on your past accomplishments, then you will be sidelining that tragedy to ‘something that just happened.’”
The corruption in the room became thicker still. But that was not because of Basara. What he said were his true and honest feelings of regret. The spirits and the gods have understood what he just said and have even sided with him. So, any further disputes by the Elders will only worsen the corruption.
“So, could you please take back what you said?”
There were two things that the Elders would have to retract. The first would be their denial of Mio’s future plans. The other, being the idea that they can just ignore the tragedy from 5 years ago and claim that the future of the Hero Clan shines brightly with absolute confidence.
In order to stop the current corruption in the chamber, they would most likely have to retract both statements. The Elders knew that the tragedy in the Village must never be forgotten, so it will be relatively easy for them to retract that statement, but they can’t show weakness in retracting their statement regarding Mio’s future.
But Basara did not specify which statement they had to take back when he made his request. But that was the beauty of this strategy. Even if the Elders didn’t know what they were retracting, doing so will win them back the favour of the gods and spirits and the corruption in this room will most likely disappear. But if they were to not retract either one, the corruption will only worsen. That meant that the Elders will have to retract both in order to appease the gods and spirits.
“…We unsterdand.”
“Yes. Please excuse me for my behaviour as well.”
Basara answered almost immediately, which felt very strange for Kurumi. But then she saw why he quickly forgave Fuji. The corruption had disappeared. And it all started to make sense now. The reason why Basara immediately accepted Fuji’s apology was to remove the corruption right there, and not show the Elders what the source of the corruption was. And that would help prove that Basara and the others did not come to the Village to fight against them.
Fuji took a deep breath of understanding, before asking.
“So, let me ask…what is it that you guys wish for?”
“Exactly what Mio said before. That is what we all wish for. But we unfortunately don’t have any proof to show how serious we are, but if you give us the opportunity, maybe we can discuss on how and what we can do to build a case for our goal and to provide proof for the Village that we won’t turn into a threat.”
The keyword here was “discuss”, not “tell us”. That splits the power balance between the Village and Basara and the others, while also making the Elders partially responsible for any outcomes as the outcome will be the result of their discussion.
Kurumi was shocked. Basara had completely outsmarted the Elders and only leaving them the option to accept and discuss with Basara, or else they annoy the spirits and gods any further.
“I see, well then…”
Just as Fuji was about to finish what he was saying, the door to the chamber opened.
“Of course, I will be the judge of whether your conditions are apt or not. If you can’t convince me, there will be no agreement.”