Chapter 168 Domestic Affairs

The King was so happy at those words to need his sheer willpower to prevent himself from gloating openly. He didn’t want to lose someone of Varegrave’s calibre, but as too often happened, his wife was right. Showing leniency after a major blunder in times of crisis, would be regarded as another sign of weakness from the Crown. Unless of course they had a good reason for it. That good reason had just been served to King Meron on a silver platter. - "Seems that I have lost a battle, but...