Book 2: Chapter 36
“Kurt, how are the preparations for the army I asked for coming along?”
The conference chamber is rarely used at night. Back before the country became stable, the empress however, did often hold meetings with her retainers late at night. However, after attaining peace, conferences were only held during the day unless there was something that needed to be discussed with the utmost urgency. The empress was capable of handling anything else.
However, all the major retainers were gathered in the conference chamber this time. The empress dressed in her battle attire and equipped her Commander Sabre once again.
That meant that she was waging war, and that she was personally taking to the frontlines.
Kurt knew that his head would roll instantly if he said preparations weren’t ready. The empress’s tone was very calm, but the calmer she is, the scarier she is. When the empress gets mad, she throws things and beats people, but when she gets extremely angry, she becomes quiet instead.
“Your majesty, the preparations are complete.”
“What about the troops by the border?”
“They’ve been ordered to move as fast as they can and should arrive in two days.” Kurt raised his head, looked at the empress and continued: “Your majesty, I do not think you need to personally join the front lines. You are our great empress. It is not right for you to personally join the fray for such a small scale battle. We… We are not back at the time where we were establishing our empire. It is fine for you to stay in the rear.”
“Castor’s people kidnapped my son. I must personally raze Castor to the ground. I’ve changed my mind. I don’t need a port or trade centre river delta. I want to conquer a scorched land. I want that place to be cursed by the gods! You’ve captured all the Castor people in the city, right? All those with the blood of Castor in them have been captured, correct? Good. Concoct wine from their blood for me before we set out!!! Oh, right, right, right. I want to use the skull of Castor’s envoy as my cup of wine!”