"Realm" / "Rizz" did the translation for 215-225, but it never got uploaded here. Don't know what happened, but Rizz hasn't uploaded anything to their website in like 2 weeks so other groups are picking it up.
Does the MC ever say he's the good guy? He could've done many things if he wanted to act like "the good guy," but he doesn't; he just does as he desires.
Mel insinuating that defenders and aggressors are the same, is about as dumb of a defense as saying bandits and the defending towns folk are the same. And implying that Erin's anger over the killing of her husband (which would be a whole revenge story in another manga) is "a spoiled child...
That could've blown up in the empire's face so easily, imagine what would've happened if she said "yes" and handed over the rights? All development of new technology in the empire would stagnate.