They were still nobles, but they were about to lose all the power and standing of vassal families, so they were as good as finished. How foolish, to have been gripped by the delusion that they could control Euz.
In the end, hadn't their rebellion simply handed over the perfect justification for stripping their titles? Perhaps the reason Count Euz had left the Euz nobles to their own devices was precisely to lead them into ruin like this.
Princes are more than capable of such things.
Fried had stopped just short of crossing the line.
"Let me know the outcome later."
"It's just getting interesting. Where are you going?"
"To train."
Now that I'd developed a taste for halberd practice, I had no desire to waste time on this clown show of a negotiation. So while I spent my time drilling the halberd's basic stances again, Valent signed the surrender document.
