Chapter 4: Banu
Chapter 4: Banu
Footsteps approached from behind.
Otto, his elder brother, walked up beside him with a smile. "I knew I’d find you here. You always come up here to clear your head when you’re troubled."
"It’s a good place—open, refreshing."
Lothar frowned. "Did you need something?"
Otto chuckled warmly. "Little brother, I just thought you seemed... tense."
"You’re imagining things. Why would I be tense?"
Lothar’s words lacked conviction. In his past life, he hadn’t even killed a chicken, and now he was about to ride off to war, spearing and slashing enemies with steel. How could he not be tense?
Otto’s expression turned solemn.
"Lothar, the Crusade is a holy cause. The Holy City is besieged by wolves, teetering on the brink. We fight for God—this is our duty."
He paused, his voice tinged with melancholy. "If the Emperor hadn’t been excommunicated by the Pope, our great German Empire would already be mobilizing."