Of course. This man couldn’t sit still if his life depended on it. Ghislain probably suffered from some illness that made him restless unless he was constantly doing something.

Claude took a deep breath to calm himself before asking, “Why are you creating a mercenary corps?”

“Because it’s necessary.”

“No, it’s not! Why would we even need something like that?!” Claude’s voice rose in exasperation as he flailed his arms in frustration.

It wasn’t unheard of for a territory to employ mercenaries or even for an entire lordship to act as mercenaries for foreign nations. However, this was typically a …