The letters the Nant King sent to the Noble Territory represented commands bearing the King's will.
They were delivered by soldiers of the imperial army.
"The King has already lost his authority, and the sun of Eternity never sets."
The nobles' attitude was ambiguous. The King's letters were set aside in their studies, and they treated them as if... they had never received them.
After all, they had been delivered by imperial knights. They could not guarantee that this belonged to the King.
Baron Ryan was right. The Nant King's relief was unnecessary. His orders had been issued, but not many nobles bought it. Their armies hesitated and did not advance. The result brought by the King's command was like a breeze brushing past, causing no change at all.
When the Nant King received this news, he flew into a rage and shut himself inside the palace for two days. When the sun rose on the third day, the Nant King, in the capacity of an allied nation, requested that the emperor of the Florian Empire dispatch troops to—
Put down the rebellion.
"They have already betrayed their oaths. They have already lost their loyalty to the King. This is an unforgivable crime. The honor and glory of the nobles have been trampled by them, and the price of disloyalty is death."
The King needed the empire's army to help him bring those disloyal nobles in. Regarding this, Count Clayton did not even ask for instructions before making a decision, and instead directly dispatched troops.
The empire's army was the overlord of Norris. The guard forces in the hands of the nobles of the Nant Kingdom? They were simply not enough to pose a threat. During the time the army was on the move, the entire Noble Territory of the