"Master? You're the one they sent as envoy?"
"I heard the young master had won a great victory, so I came running."
He was an old man with a full head of white hair, but his frame had a solidness to it—the kind that comes from a lifetime of training. The envoy Count Euz had dispatched was Fried's martial arts master and the general who led the count's elite troops.
I remembered crossing paths with him a few times at the Rosenheim garrison. Fried had been quite anxious upon hearing that Count Euz was sending an envoy, but the moment he saw his master's face, he lit up.
General Alexander was apparently from the fallen Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) and had settled in Euz after passing through Italy. Having personally commanded the Euz army in the great war twenty years ago, he was a thoroughly seasoned veteran.
