Baron Filer truly knew nothing about military affairs. Seeing Charlotte locked in a fierce battle with the South Seraph Restoration Army and seemingly liable to collapse at any moment, he immediately panicked. He ordered the Knight Order to withdraw dozens of kilometers to avoid being caught in the flames of war, while also commanding Charlotte to hold the line at all costs and never let the Madame Nansera forces break through.
Charlotte had been wondering how to keep bluffing the baron. After all, the Madame Nansera force fighting him numbered fewer than a thousand; if the battle continued, it would be easy to wipe them out.
Hughes solved that problem for him. He deliberately opened a gap and withdrew part of the encirclement.
Baron Filer immediately directed the Knight Order into Mostarburg. In his view, Mostarburg, protected by solid, heavy walls, was far safer than the exposed plains.
City walls could give nobles a sense of security.
After Baron Filer's Knight Order entered Mostarburg, Hughes closed the encirclement again and sealed the city off completely.
Though Charlotte was surprised that Baron Filer had fallen for such an obvious trap, he was also relieved. It meant the baron would no longer demand that he move closer.
Only after Baron Filer entered the city did the envoy from Strasbourg begin to announce the Central Government Office's promotion for Charlotte. He had been promoted three grades. After all, the achievement of "retaking" Silver Doveburg was indeed more than illustrious enough.
What surprised Charlotte, however, was that he had not risen from a thirty-second-rank, second-grade Administrator to a twenty-ninth-rank, fifth-grade Administrator. Instead, he had gone from a thirty-second-rank, second-grade Administrator to a twenty-ninth-rank, first-grade Administrator Chief.
Last time, he had been promoted two grades, from a fourth-grade Chief Clerk to a fifth-grade Chief Clerk.