Being ordered to stay in Strasbourg, although he could date Anne every day, Charles actually felt quite gloomy. The worsening supply situation and the increasingly depressive atmosphere in society, accompanied by the Patrolling Army's unchecked searches of pedestrians on the streets, were not very pleasant.
If he had a choice, he would rather be in South Serif, or even with Behemoth, together with his own Westwind Knights, because having control over a territory afforded more freedom.
He didn't know how much longer the investigation targeting him would need to continue.
