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The air was crisp and the harvest bountiful, marking yet another prosperous year.
Franz had been in a good mood lately; Russia and Austria had reached an agreement, and it seemed the dust of the Near East conflict had finally settled.
As for the Greek people, it wouldn't be long before they accepted reality. If it weren't for the constant unrest stirred by the nationalists at home, King Ludwig would have compromised much earlier.
Ambition requires strength to back it up—a common man may be ignorant of this, but the ruling class must remain clear-headed.
King Ludwig, hailing from a small nation, naturally understood the survival strategies for small countries.
After losing the Bavarian throne, the Wittelsbach Dynasty was able to rise again in the Kingdom of Lombardy, not merely through kinship ties.
