The distant horns sounded, and a much larger army from South Serif once again appeared on the horizon; Cyrus's reinforcements had finally arrived, and he launched the "Fourth Siege".
Belisa and her three guards had been desperately persuading Charles to rescue Duke Joseph, even subtly threatening him with his parents and brothers, but Charles remained unmoved and cleverly leaked this information.
As a result, whenever he was on the city tops, preparing for war with a "pained" expression, he would receive adoring glances from the people of Silver Pigeon Fort. Many even looked at him with pity, believing that "Charles sacrificed his own future and family for them".
Most notably, Charles "never spoke" of it and stoically swallowed the bitter brew, which only enhanced his stature.
