Charlotte was a civil official stationed in the Duchy of Behemoth under Kreil Brittany, as well as the temporary administrative officer for Mostarburg, Bibury City, Seagull City, Silver Doveburg, and Mount Oude City. Under imperial law, he was not supposed to leave his jurisdiction. Leaving without authorization during wartime could even be punished by death for treason.
Though imperial law was sometimes a joke, it was often deadly serious to someone like Charlotte, who had almost no backing.
Perhaps many people with little social experience believed that once they latched onto someone powerful, they could do whatever they pleased and that person would protect them forever. But anyone with basic common sense knew that no superior liked someone who only caused trouble.
They were merely powerful patrons, not his mother...
Although Charlotte worried about Anne, he could not reveal his identity, abandon the five cities he was supposed to protect, and charge straight back to Strasbourg.
If he did that, plenty of nobles would gladly fan the flames and send him to the gallows.
Besides, purely from the standpoint of gains and losses, given Strasbourg's wartime potential, Charlotte could clearly accomplish far more by operating outside the city.
For example, he now had an additional orc force under his command. There were seven Transcendence-level warriors alone, five of them Over-the-Back Red Bear Warriors and the other two Mountain Grinding Yellow Bear Warriors.
Well, Charlotte also felt that he had a little too much affinity with bears.
The great nobles of Fars had not expected the orc tribes to bypass the front lines and appear directly beneath Strasbourg's walls. Strasbourg was now filled with daily arguments, while troops were constantly conscripted from among the common people to replenish the Royal Knight Regiment.
The Royal Knight Regiment originally stationed in Strasbourg had