Chapter 96 (1/2)

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The incident in Blume was clearly Alois' fault

The fact of themany people to be injured It was also undeniable that Alois was inextricably linked to the debacle The end result of his actions may have seen Lucas' crimes revealed, but that was simply that: a result The ends did not justify Alois'to hold a festival in Bluuidance, the treasured traditions of Mohnton were intentionally torn doas a grievous fault This wasn't the first ti into account the issue of Grenze As a result of his new policies and developn countries, the town had beco the great land of Mohnton

Not to mention, the disaster that took place in Einst the previous year The e done to the town had caused a major imbalance in Mohnton's economy

That too was Alois' responsibility If only he had responded to the crisis e may have been avoided The expenditures on reconstruction were also unnecessarily huge, it should have been possible to restore the town to working order on a et

That was the view of the three noble families that held sway over Mohnton

Say what you will about those oldafter returning to the capital that he held ates of the Duchy of Mohnton, lead by the Meyerhei circumstances, the Lörrich family had excused themselves, so the only two fah he was used to re impassive as he received undue blah snide remarks, for once he couldn't help but feel overwhelh one would expect that the representatives of the Lörrich family would be the ones barracked for the debacle in Blume, due to their absence it was Alois instead who received the heapings of scorn

Rather, it was probably a good thing that the Lörrich fae things quite as diplomatically when confronted like that

Even a hed on his mind

This wasn't helped by the fact he was constantly receiving letters, co or another and either subtly or directly ascribing the bla new to hiun, they had always been trying to jostle his didn't happen in the days when your predecessor was in charge

That was their dog whistle

The foro Yet despite that, memories of the previous Duke still remained fresh in their hearts, and Alois couldn't escape the constant comparisons

If only the previous Duke hadn't passed away

The ghost of his father seemed to haunt him still, his revenant shade kept alive in the hearts of those nobles who hated hi down on hi his teh

He was troubled by how he and Ca, but this wasn't so Camilla needed to know about

No, in fact, she would be better off not knowing

There had been a new naues of those nobles, hich they so furiously lashed at Alois; Camilla

Camilla has had a bad reputation in Mohnton, ever since she first arrived Not to mention, the rumours that had spread about just what she had done in both Einst and Blume They say that she's a disturber of the peace Those oldwhether or not her real intentions were truly so malicious after all

“Can it not be said that Lady is having an bad influence on you?”

Just re those words made him feel depressed As much as Alois wanted to call theo against the influence over Mohnton, and with a lack of powerful allies, Alois could not defeat the compared to those experienced noblemen In fact, after what had happened in Grenze, he had done a good job fending off the wolves as well as he had

Alois had gained his own sort of experience through all this and had learned to roll with the punches, even sometimes avoid them entirely

But, what about Camilla?

If Camilla accepted Alois' proposal, she would inevitably come under the same sort of fire that he did What's more, she had a much shorter temper than he did Perhaps she would try to take them head on and inevitably take a direct blow

Alois had eventually co, but he hardly expected everyone else to think the same way Certainly, her fiery attitude could very quickly leave a bad iative effect on the relationshi+ps he was trying to cultivate with the leaders of various towns in the region As a result of that, it ht even be possible for ain Even if such a thing didn't happen, he could definitely foresee that the nuainst him would increase Alois' poould be openly questioned, and even the coe

The only other alternative was Alois forcing Camilla to be so such a thing onto Ca in this land?

Alois asked hi down at his hands

He didn't have an answer If it was the case that she had nowhere else to go but here, then perhaps she wouldn't have any choice but to surmount those obstacles

But, that wasn't the case now

Alois took out the unsealed envelope fron of the envelope, there was nothe immaculate seal upon it The seal of the royal family

Inside the once sealed envelope was an invitation to the wedding of Prince Julian and Lady Liselotte, being held the next month Then, in plain words at the bottoht;

“We also hereby grant amnesty to Camilla Storm, and rescind the aforementioned's exile from the Royal Capital as previously ordered by His Majesty”

The letter had arrived two days prior