Chapter 165: Preparation (1/2)

After that day, another two days went by.

Since Setsuna and Lilin were both awake, he would regularly visit them both in the morning and the evening to keep a check on them.

He was glad to see that they were indeed healing fast.

Though, for some reason, Lilin was healing way faster than she should have been able to.

Sol wondered if it had to do with her identity and the blood in her, but she shouldn't have awakened any ability

A matter worth pondering about.

Aside from this, he had been quite surprised when Athena joined the assembly in the place of Tyr.

He, of course, understood what it meant and was happy for her.

He had been even happier when he had learned about the thieves.

Sol wasn't naive enough to believe that corruption could be erased.

As long as he didn't fundamentally change the mind of all the nobles and workers under him, it was impossible to do so.

Still, he believed that there was some limit to not cross and he was happy to see that all his ancestors had the same opinion.

He needed examples to set things straight and make everyone follow the rules. Tacit and explicit.

As such, since a bunch of fools delivered themselves to him, he happily set a decree to punish them by taking away one-fourth of their fortune.

He also condemned them to use another fourth of their fortune to invest in the development of structures to take care of orphans, old people, and wounded soldiers.

After all, since they stole from the family of soldiers, they should give back tenfold what they stole.

He also permitted the black knight to capture the nobles who refused to comply.

Of course, he couldn't use such a heavy hand every time. But as he was now he could easily use his age and inexperience as an excuse.

Then the other Duke would come and pacify the nobles. Good cops/bad cops.

Once the decision about the punishment of the thieving nobles was passed, they began to delve into more pressing matters such as the war.

With winter approaching, they were pretty sure that Wratharis wouldn't attack them.

Winter in this world was extremely brutal, fighting a war during such times was crazy, since the casualties would be three or four times higher than in normal times.

This was exactly why,

”The chances that he attacks us during winter are extremely high .”

Camelia announced suddenly.

Everyone stopped discussing and looked at her.

Sol asked simply, ”What gives you such confidence?”

Doubt could be clearly heard in his voice.

Camelia was shocked, the fact that Sol doubted her words left her somewhat baffled.

She also understood just how shallow she had been previously.

Sighing, she continued, ”The one who informed me is the Supreme daughter of Patientia.”

Sol tapped his finger on the table.

He was weighing the situation. Then asked Milia.

”I forgot to ask, but how is the relationship between the royal family and the church in Wratharis?”

Milia, who stood up behind him bowed and answered, ”From our report, since the crowning of the new king, the relationship between those two had been extremely strained.”

Sol nodded. Of course, he couldn't simply believe the information given by the crown's shadow either.

So he turned once again toward Camelia.

”What does that supreme daughter want?”

It was impossible to have given such information for free.

If Lustburg won this war, it would be able to claim a large amount of lands and could seriously threaten the safety of Wratharis.