Hundreds of kilometers away at Bear Chomping Castle, contrary to Bether's expectations, the Border Knights who captured the castle showed little mirth.
Outside Bear Chomping Castle, in a camp on a plain, the fire in front of the main tent was still roasting lamb.
Sparks scattered like backward-moving meteors, licking the chef's greasy hands and the dripping fat of the roasting lamb.
Fat dripped onto the coals, making small crackling sounds.
But inside the main tent, the high-level members of the Border Knight Order showed no sense of victory.
Sitting in the main seat was the new Grand Master of the Border Knight Order, Emmerick Fosse-Lumière.
On the two sides were Priest-in-Charge Wacław and Knight Commander Cosme respectively.
These three were essentially the highest-ranking members of the Border Knight Order.
Grand Master Emmerick was the soul of the Knight Order; all Border Knights swore allegiance to him, and the Grand Master himself swore allegiance to the Pope.
