Chapter 198: Suddenly Back [Bonus - ]
Raymond explained to Arabella that in the meeting Ferdinand had with the King of Crux, they learned that it was the nobles who had been hardheaded despite the King wanting to return all the slaves as soon as possible.
The King could not force the nobles since they were also his support.
The noble families were powerful so even the King cannot just demand that they follow his decision when most of the nobles were against it. Moreover, slaves were important in Crux so the nobles didn’t want to let go of theirs.
With the King’s powerlessness, it took so much time to respond to Ferdinand’s letter. Some of the nobles were only alarmed after they heard there were more knights at the borders and that Ferdinand himself was already there.
A lot of the nobles were still hardheaded though. But the King knew that they were in danger so he asked to meet with Ferdinand.
Thus, Ferdinand went to Crux as the King’s guest and attended a meeting with the nobles to demand the return of their people.
Arabella was horrified when she learned that Ferdinand was forbidden to bring weapons of any sort due to his feared strength in battle.
For Ferdinand’s safety, his mage and a limited number of his guards were allowed to be with him though.
But Ferdinand said he only needed his mage with him.
[Alwin is still boasting to me about this. I want to beat him to a pulp to erase that smug grin on his face. Just because His Majesty said it once he thinks he’s better than me now.] Raymond was annoyed by it.
The King of Crux was apparently flabbergasted by it so he sent some of his elite men to escort Ferdinand’s carriage.