Rein removed a small wooden cylinder, the thickness of a thumb, from the leg of the Blue Helmet pigeon, opened the stopper, and found a note from the Crowley family inside:
"Baron Norman has issued a bloody duel challenge to you today. It has been noted that he has also applied for the challenge with Count Habs at the same time. According to reliable information, the opponent has taken a secret potion and has returned to peak strength, possibly possessing the power to challenge a Great Knight (unconfirmed). Please consider carefully whether to return to Meister County anytime soon.—Jennifer"
After reading the letter from the lady, Rein's first reaction was a sigh of relief!
"Good, it's not that a family member or Jennifer herself had encountered any trouble."
"A bloody duel?" Rein mused thoughtfully.
He had come to understand this term after being knighted, commonly used to resolve certain irreconcilable conflicts among nobility, divided into ordinary duels and bloody duels.
