He had piercing blue eyes like Adalbert's, and they seemed to speak the truth. "For the soldiers of Franconia, you will always be the hero upon whom God smiles. Though there may be different opinions in Saxony, and in parts of Schwaben and Bavaria, rumors can never become truth.
We all know our Emperor Henry will always be a fearless hero." Goth Shalke's tone was exceptionally gentle.
"Bavaria... That coward, Welf, doesn't even dare show his face to me."
Henry had deliberately chosen the route through Bavaria to enter the Tuscan Duchy, precisely to make Welf, his once dearest friend, feel utterly humiliated.
He wanted everyone to know that Welf, the man the Emperor had once trusted implicitly, the court favorite who had received his very title from the Emperor, had shamelessly betrayed him. He was a faithless traitor.
