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Diana asked Vlad with a worried face, "What was written in the letter? and is there any news from Father?"
Vlad nodded and spoke, "It seems Fireabyss Prince Chad was able to convince a lot of Nobles against us. This was only aggravated by our monopoly on Soap and Paper trade. The king himself is quite wary because of our purchase of Ballistas and has placed a unit of his army near our western borders with the pretext of infrastructure protection and road safety because of robbers which were planted by them on the roads to clean them up. While your father sent me a secret letter to not to come home as it seems ministers are probably doing funny business to jeopardize our relations with John. However, I think I will have to go eventually and make sure your father is safe. However, it is not right now."
Diana smiled and asked, "You read the newspapers, right? What do you take of John's declaration previously?"
