If only the people were allowed to burst into a commotion by then, the crowd would be running wild. However, in the presence of the archduke, they didn't have a choice but to stay calm and not make hysterical sounds. Their eyes were the only window to their wailing souls.
Disaster! It was another disaster waiting to happen!
Miel received the order and left the Audience Hall in a hurry to make arrangements. Barda had no choice but to send the people home and mobilize his knights and soldiers to lock down the plains. Moreover, the visitors—noble or common—must be brought to the archduke.
"What must we be punished by Heaven like this?" Reinfred murmured before bringing his priests to the castle's chapel to pray for guidance.
