A good mangaka knows the importance of learning about history. I'm no historian, however. [ What he knows, he read from books in the library or the internet. He's definitely not an expert. Just a guy who happens to know a ton of trivia. ]

This is my first time meeting someone who can claim to have conquered nations. Naturally, I'm going to want to ask questions.

[ And he isn't going to wait for Rider to agree to answer them. He's just going to go on ahead. ] Many members of royalty choose to live comfortably inside their palaces, but you were said to lead your army at the forefront. Besides the obvious, [ Conquering more land, that is. ] what were you trying to achieve? What drives a man to want to take on the world?