Dobbin had failed to receive a promotion.
Not long ago, Charlotte could not have been blamed for it.
It was not as though he had failed to report it; the higher authorities had simply never approved it.
But now, it was Charlotte's fault.
As he kept rising through the ranks, he had long since acquired the authority to approve the appointments of many people, Dobbin included. Though he had to go through a few extra steps and could not promote them directly.
Thus, Charlotte had readily made Anastasia a forty-first-rank First-Class Clerk and Belisa a forty-fifth-rank First-Class Assistant.
Poor Dobbin.
Charlotte could swear to heaven that he had never deliberately suppressed this loyal subordinate. He had simply forgotten about it.
Kreil Brittany now had four Knight Orders under his command. One was the Purple Finch Knight Order, which he commanded personally. Another was the Maple Leaf Knight Order, whose members had been personally recruited by Kreil Brittany and Abner Sumay. They had built it from nothing, and Kreil trusted no one else with it, so he had placed his best friend, Abner Sumay, in command.
The other two were Charlotte's West Wind Knight Regiment and the Silver Doveburg Knight Order, which Anastasia had taken over. Baron Filer had renamed the latter not long ago; it had not originally borne that name.
Kreil Brittany stayed in Silver Doveburg for only three days. After replenishing supplies, he continued on his journey.
He had given almost all his supplies to Menilman, leaving the main force short on provisions. Only after resupplying at Silver Doveburg had the Knight Orders regained their fighting strength.
Kreil Brittany replenished his supplies by directly levying an additional charge under the Empire's wartime provisions.
Charlotte felt somewhat guilty toward the people of Silver Doveburg. After Kreil Brittany departed with