Chapter 38: Under Inspection
Though it was already spring, the Northern Province remained bitterly cold with piercing winds. Even wrapped in thick cloaks, it was difficult to ward off that bone-deep chill.
"Sir, we're almost there." A knight reined in his horse and quietly reported to the elder at the front of the group.
Bradley nodded slightly, his expression unchanged, still riding silently across the frozen earth.
This group traveled across the desolate Northern Province lands in silence.
Not because they had no complaints about this mission, but out of awe for Bradley.
He was Duke Tudor's old steward, holding high position and great power. His status within the Tudor family was not inferior to some branch nobles.
Even if the knights had doubts, they dared not speak freely in his presence.
Along the way they passed multiple pioneering territories, all broken and desolate.
Even Frost Halberd City, where the Northern Province Governor's office was located, seemed nothing more than a shabby military outpost in these southerners' eyes.
No one expected Crimson Tide Domain to be any different.
Bradley felt the same way.