Hudson felt not the slightest ripple when his proposal was rejected. Caesar IV would have to be possessed by ghosts to agree to hand over both military and political power.
Raising the issue of logistics now was mainly meant to sound a warning to several ministers at court. If the government could not coordinate matters and guarantee frontline supplies, then he, the commander-in-chief, would have to intervene personally.
If it truly reached the point where the military had to step in itself, people would die. By Alpha Kingdom tradition, whoever held things back during a Beastfolk invasion died.
After that brief interlude, Caesar IV was seething with rage. At the critical moment when he was consolidating power, the Beastfolk had jumped out to sabotage him, driving a knife straight into his ribs.
Deep down, he could not help regretting it. If he had known the Beastfolk would invade so quickly, he would have endured for a few more years.
It was wartime now, when the military held the greatest influence. The prime minister and Minister of Military Affairs had both left office, leaving no one in court capable of checking Hudson.
Marquis Delgado, the acting prime minister, had considerable prestige, but his specialty was finance. He was a pure civil official.
For Caesar IV, who wanted to control the government, he needed a prime minister who was not overly forceful. Marquis Delgado was undoubtedly the best choice.
Having enjoyed the benefits of political power, he should not be asked to pick up a blade and kill people.
Count Eckmann, the acting Minister of Military Affairs, was in an even more awkward position. He had come over from the Department of Political Affairs and had no foundation whatsoever in the military.
Forget balancing Hudson; he had not even sorted out the