Charlotte could still feel "peace" in the Duchy of Behemoth, where there was hardly any warfare. But the moment he entered Nansera Territory, he could sense the atmosphere of war.
The Madame Nanseras had originally hated only the Duchy of Behemoth, but after the war had gone on for so long, they no longer had the slightest goodwill toward the Empire of Fars either.
The moment Charlotte's West Wind Knight Regiment entered Nansera Territory, it was attacked twice. Neither attack had even come from the South Seraph Restoration Army; its main force was still in Ferlanden. The attackers were merely local farmers.
Charlotte's forces were now strong and well-equipped, and he easily defeated both attacks.
After the battles, he neither slaughtered them nor generously set them free. Instead, he incorporated them into the West Wind Knight Regiment and tried to brainwash them, though the results were poor, and people often escaped.
Charlotte had never expected that among the dozen or so Fast-Handed Clerks Anne had assigned him, there would be a young man brimming with creative spirit. While copying Charlotte's novels, the young man had greatly admired his stories and developed the urge to write fiction himself.
After the West Wind Knight Regiment entered Nansera Territory, the Fast-Handed Clerk named Italo Calvino suddenly found inspiration. Taking Charlotte as his model, he wrote a novella. In it, he boldly portrayed Charlotte as Jonah's illegitimate son and Hughes as a loyal Knight devoted to protecting his young lord. Together, they ruled South Seraph and Behemoth, achieving heroic feats, and both received the praise of Emperor Julius Axel of Fars—one was made a duke, the other a count.
Although it completely ignored the plot hole of Jonah's death, the overall story still flowed smoothly.
After receiving Italo Calvino's original novel, Charlotte praised it