Fritz's Helping Hand, Roxy's Evolution

The Sixth Army Group?

Wasn't that the elite force under Moses's command?

Why had Fritz suddenly brought it up?

Countless thoughts flashed through John's mind. Then he remembered that Kevin was due to visit Faoken as a special envoy in a month, and something clicked. Keeping his expression neutral, he said, "If you mean its combat strength and discipline, Marquis Fritz, then I'd call the Sixth Army Group one of the Empire's elite forces." "John, you don't need to play guessing games with me. You know that isn't what I'm asking."

Seeing John test the waters, Fritz shook his head with a wry smile. He did not keep John in suspense. "Marshal Donner Quixote, who currently commands the Sixth Army Group, was once my father's student. They never formally called each other master and disciple, but that was their relationship in all but name." "My father told me this secret before the curse left him completely unable to move. He also told me that, besides teaching Donner, he once saved his life. If the family ever faced certain ruin, we could call on Donner for help on the strength of those two debts."

"Almost no one in the Empire knows this. Even His Majesty William and Prime Minister Wolf are unaware." John immediately understood what Fritz meant.

Fritz was telling him that he could introduce Faoken to Marshal Donner.

The Hohenheim Family might have fallen on hard times, but Donner owed them two great debts. Even if he wanted no part in the struggle between Faoken and the Old Guard Party, gratitude—and the possibility that Marshal Cain might one day recover—would likely make him agree to at least a brief conversation with John if Fritz approached him. Under ordinary circumstances, though, a veteran who had served as an Imperial Ground