Nalant's Reward (Part 1)

Clearly, if there was a spy, it was far more likely to be someone close to the king. After all, even earls like them had only learned the news after arriving at Fire Dragon Castle Fortress.

And that had only been about ten days ago. The Northern Principality could not possibly have made arrangements so quickly, meaning the time the information had been leaked must have been earlier still.

"Besides Byron and Jager, only several of my commanders and military ministers knew about this!" The king's expression immediately darkened somewhat.

Bernard and the others' deductions proved that there really was an insider in a high position within the principality.

Byron and Jager were the First Prince and the Second Prince.

As for the several commanders and military ministers, they were subordinates who had followed him with absolute loyalty for decades. The king had originally been very reassured about them.

After frowning in thought for a moment and seeing the earls fall silent, the king continued, "The commanders and military ministers have served me for more than a decade, and their families are all old-established families of the principality. I do not believe they are likely to betray me!"

"Perhaps the most likely possibility is that one of them inadvertently leaked the information to someone close to them, allowing the autumn campaign plan to be discovered in advance."

"I will investigate this matter slowly. But in any case, even if it has now been proven that the Northern Principality knows our plan, it will not affect this year's autumn campaign."

To the king, this year's autumn campaign was truly a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.

Especially now that they had practically taken Maple Leaf City without drawing a blade—this was undoubtedly an excellent beginning.

Thus, he did not wish to see the earls develop