Georg froze. "New orders?"
"Yes. We've received orders to test Vale Athrimir and probe what kind of strengths he has. If he had any backer, because the powers he's displaying aren't normal. Also, you need to find every piece of information that you can about the borderland. Something must have happened there. We must have missed a lot from the previous information we got."
Georg's jaw tightened. "We are testing him? Just that? For what? Are they going to set him up as the new puppet?"
There was a bit of silence, and Georg filled it again, his voice a bit pensive. "And what if he kills us? He's going to Matsumoto. What will happen if this test turns into something it shouldn't? What then?"
"It won't. You believe he can kill me? Do you, Georg?"
He did not answer directly. "Eighteen Master Knights are dead."
"Vale Athrimir did not kill eighteen Master Knights. Eirikr did more than half. What happened, Georg? Why are you so riled up?"
