A Weird Punishment

Everyone took a little break.

In case he did something stupid, I assigned Alfred a room that Rage was keeping an eye on. Due to their extensive spell repertoire, intellect, and cunning nature, mages are a pain in the ass to deal with.

The following day, Nero and Solan decided to take the initiative and organize a group of men to sweep the Count's surviving forces. There are still some illegitimate sons who've already fled, and I will not let any of them slip through my fingers.

I didn't mind because the count's army, which had surrendered, had said that the soldiers were carrying only a few days' worths of supplies and therefore would collapse without outside involvement. What Nero and Solan intended to accomplish was just to speed up the process.

Dray arrived back from Redhound Castle in the morning.

He returned with a couple of heads, which he placed in front of the Count's lifeless body. Dray stated that Stein would arrive in the afternoon since he needed to accompany the prisoners