If Ruby had had her way, she would have found somewhere out of sight and simply dealt with the two potential threats to stability. There were so many dead on the battlefield, and the coroner was one of their own. It would have been easy to make them disappear without a trace.
"What a hassle!"
Ruby pouted as she spoke. The two soldiers, who had no idea what she was like, even thought the little nun was rather cute. Only Ace knew his sister's nature. He hurriedly cut her a piece of pork chop and said, feigning irritation,
"Go eat somewhere else."
Ruby left, bouncing along with her plate in hand, though she was still thinking to herself.
So the Austrian Empire has plenty of criminals too. Before 1848, there was hardly any work to do. But no matter what, I have to protect my home and my family.
Meanwhile, after questioning Benoît de Coulon, Franz finally understood why his army had been so utterly routed.
The key had been the rumors Franz spread before the battle. Word that the German Allied Forces were attacking Colmar had spread at a staggering speed, becoming common knowledge in less than a day.
Almost all the French Army officers had believed the rumor without question. They were trapped in Colmar, all their supplies had been cut off, and the Upper Rhine Province's extensive waterways were ideal for an attack.
Some French Army officers even thought the Austrians had already taken Colmar and were advancing into the heart of France. The idea made perfect sense: there were no particularly strong fortresses along the way, nor any organized troops.
All the forces from the neighboring provinces were trapped in Sélestat. They simply couldn't understand what was worth defending in that city.
The border troops feared