Chapter 71: The Dukes of Plantaria
"The dukes of Plantaria remain a mystery to many nobles, though they would not understand my family’s well-laid plants that spanned generations."
"Many wondered why they did not rebel against Chavaria in its early days when they could easily rally both the nobles and people together."
"But people don’t seem to understand that it is in its early days when the empire was at its strongest."
"With hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers and a dozen skilled commanders, they knew they had to wait to restore the ancient Kingdom of Nadron."
"Had to wait for the infighting to begin and when all were exhausted from the fighting strike like a thunderbolt."
Duke Ancel Gallomour II of Plantaria
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’Damn, quills! Why do they have to be such a pain in the ass to write with!’
Railius grumbled as he once again threw another scrunched-up failed draft to the ground in rage as Jordis Leon’s first son and Railius’ companion, servant, bodyguard, and friend dutifully picked up the thrown paper ball and burned it. A small flame appeared in his palm, turning the failed letter to ash.
As the son of the renowned ’flaming spear’ Leon Mantelon, the young boy had plenty of magical training, if only in secret, with his father in preparation for when he took his place as House Aurellion’s most trusted subordinate.
If Leon did not need to maintain his cover as a butler to help protect his lord’s noble house, then Jordis’ training would have come along much faster, but it would be too suspicious if a skilled spearman who could seamlessly use fire magic suddenly appeared in the service of House Aurellion just when Leon left the army so he posed as a spearman of the master level and suppressed his fire magic which is how he managed to stay under the radar.
This worked until the loyal grandmaster donned his armour as people recognised him, and seeing as Leon seemingly disappeared when Butler Zhou suddenly appeared, it did not take a genius to figure out that they were, in fact, one in the same and that Butler Zhou was merely a fake identity used to hide Leon in the capital as House Aurellions protector. This armour also allowed the recently deceased Scorpius, who had worked with Leon for years in the military, to recognise the man and send the 1,000 imperial guards and other troops after him, nearly ending in Leon’s and Railius’ deaths.