“Summon Count Fowd at once!”

Just before Count Desmond’s forces launched their attack on Stonehaven Fortress, Marquess Branford, having received news of the Second Legion’s annihilation, erupted in fury. No one had expected Count Desmond to move so abruptly.

Though everyone had been tense, anticipating some level of internal conflict as he gathered his forces, they had not imagined that Desmond would wipe out the royal army on his own, without any formal warning.

Count Fowd, often called the "Mouth of the Ducal House," had been practically dragged before Marquess Branford, who was currently residing in the capital.

“M-Marquess, your …