CH315 Reparation Demand II
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Earl Kellerman's glare was intense as Grand Mage Taman voiced his confusion.
"While I understand your determinants, I still fail to see how they combine to necessitate such a demand."
"The unprovoked and unreasonable attack on our lands—which went as far as allowing a Wildkin invasion on Imperial soil for the sake of their ambition—was predicated on the fact that the Kellerman fief was a viscounty away from reaching the minimum threshold for a marquisate. By taking away a county from them, we remove the temptation of another such attack. That satisfies determinant one," Alex revealed.
Grand Mage Taman's eyes flashed with surprise for a brief moment.
While he had surmised the reason for House Kellerman's attack on Fury lands, he never expected Alex to speak so bluntly—and to Earl Kellerman's face, no less.
