It had been more than one month since Francis went to the border area. Everything went as the duke planned. After Francis managed to take Alryne back, there wasn't any good news heard. Instead of good news, the news about Grirea taking two more villages came.
The emperor was so angry and frustrated about the news. The condition worsened as the empire had sacrificed a lot of knights for battle, both with Grirea and Helsa.
Everything went smoothly for us. The only problem that we faced was that our spies died one by one. This would be a disaster if continued. No one could report Francis' move and without knowing his strategy we couldn't guarantee his death.
That day as usual I went to the palace and visited the empress. "Is the report talking about another missing spy?" Rosaline, the empress asked when I was about to report the news.
