World Alliance (15)

★ Kurvaan Holy Kingdom ★

When Count Siliys returned to his estate, his daughter Eva immediately hurried over to him. “Hurrying” was perhaps too strong a word for the speed she used—she stayed just within the bounds of what would not earn her a reprimand—but once she reached him, she lifted her skirt and curtsied.

"Father. How is the situation in the Leff Magic Empire?"

He found it heartwarming to see his daughter desperately anxious yet still trying to observe the proper etiquette of a noblewoman. At the same time, knowing that the object of those feelings was not him but a boy who was not here left him with mixed emotions.

The Count moved to his study with his daughter and the chief butler.

"It appears that the border town has begun accepting Leff refugees. Since it is in Duke Ebenyu's domain, Duke Ebenyu hurried back to his territory. We had not been considering sending troops to the Leff Magic Empire, but we suddenly decided to dispatch Duke Grengede, the 5th through 7th units of the Holy King's Knights, and a cavalry force of ten thousand."

"..."

Eva listened intently. What she wanted to hear was something else, but what mattered in aristocratic society was:

—the new Holy King had granted an army to Duke Grengede, the previous Holy King, and sent him to the Empire.

That was the fact...