"Earl Hudson, you speak logically. If the conditions allow, we would be supportive of the Kingdom establishing an army of a million soldiers,"
But the reality is: we are broke!
Its enormous debt is already suffocating the Kingdom. Maintaining such high military expenses will undoubtedly destroy our fragile finances."
Three years of constant war have drained the Kingdom's population. Not only is the Kingdom impoverished, but the people are too."
You prosperous nobles of the Southeastern Province may not understand the hardships we endure in the North Border Region. Filling the Kingdom's tax quotas has made all the nobles' hair turn white."
The war has exhausted the budgets of several Northern provinces to the brink of collapse. We do not beg for support from the Kingdom, but nobody should continue to increase our burden!"
Duke Torsten was the first to fire a volley of criticism.
