“Be nice” to “join the WG” is quite literally connecting dots lmao
It’s not? Harald in 1153 says he wants to join hands with his neighbors to make his land richer and more prosperous. He also says the WG was blocking his attempts to join with his neighbors this chapter. Ida even shows him all that the humans had to offer, the new clothing style, architecture, spices, and how much richer his land could be working with them instead of against him. This was when he outwardly declared his dream of having Elbaf work alongside the rest of the world
1154 were told directly that the WG and most the world still treats Elbaf as a threat because of their ancient crimes and that Harald tried to directly diplomatically work with the WG but they refused to hear him out.
1155 were told again Harald tried to work with the WG but it wasn’t working out.
Again this isn’t connected dots. Oda was quite clear the whole time