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Chapter 96 - Playing Politics with Fools

Originally, I'd had no negative feelings toward the Euz nobles. This was my first time visiting the border territory of Euz, and I'd been dispatched as support under the Crown Prince's leadership to counter Burgundy's invasion. I thought this war was a golden opportunity to earn merit.

Usually border skirmishes ended with territories fighting each other, so requests for central support weren't common. But when the enemy forces pushing across the border started exceeding 1,000 men, Euz hurriedly requested support from the capital. The duchy forces led by the Crown Prince served as the advance guard.

Then news came that subjects who couldn't evacuate in time were under attack, but Count Euz judged it too dangerous for his forces to move alone without support and left them to their fate. Most refugees had already fled to Euz Castle, so he turned a blind eye to sacrificing the minority.

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