That night, Commissar Kester finished his day's work and sat at his desk, closing his eyes for a brief rest.
Though he called it a rest, Kester was still thinking about the situation on Euronia III. He could not stop himself from worrying.
Strictly speaking, Chuck had fulfilled everyone's expectations. Although he had not held all of Capello, he had at least lasted until the Astra Militarum arrived, preventing the Orks from crossing the equator into the planet's densely populated northern hemisphere.
Yet Cornwall had still purged Chuck's family. The fall of the Southern Hemisphere, the deaths of hundreds of millions, and Chuck's final strategy of using refugees to block the Orks' advance had all filled the populace and the nobility with fury toward him.
Most people could not accept such a man being transformed overnight into a hero who had resisted to the bitter end and died on the battlefield. Besides, Chuck should have borne the primary responsibility for the collapse of the situation in the Southern Hemisphere.
So, to quell public outrage and the nobles' anger, Cornwall had simply abandoned Chuck's entire family.
He steered public opinion until everyone believed Chuck should answer for the deaths of five hundred million humans in the south, that his arrogance and stupidity alone had caused the southern collapse.
Most importantly, Cornwall erased every one of Chuck's achievements, as though he had never killed a single Ork or held Capello, as though he had been nothing but a complete clown and idiot.
Chuck's family was destroyed, its wealth confiscated. The lucky members had their emotions stripped away and were turned into slave laborers; the unlucky ones were thrown straight into the harshest workplaces to be used as expendable resources.
Commoners and nobles alike were very satisfied. The nobles had divided up the