The Stablemaster and the Princess

Ferda asked William again.

“You mean 3%, not that they deducted 3%?”

-Yes. It is a figure difficult to believe even if I explain it.

Olivia's contribution had been objectively calculated at a whopping 45%.

Even if they forcibly reduced it, 30% was the least she deserved to be credited with.

Ferda asked William how such a miraculous figure had been possible.

Summarized in one sentence, the reason ultimately came down to everything having gone her way.

The problem was that Olivia had only learned the accomplishments expected of a princess; she had never properly learned leadership or tactics.

Thus, the Empire's position was that even if her judgment had been sound, a person untrained in tactics carrying out a tactic could endanger the army, and it was fortunate they were not holding her accountable for that alone.

On top of that, they had added that she endangered the army by ordering the formation of a pursuit battalion through a bold tactic midway through the battle...