Thanks to my standing, I received quite a welcome despite being an occupying force.
Everyone seemed bewildered by the unfamiliar experience of welcoming an occupying army.
It almost felt like I was a liberation force.
Being able to march in unopposed without fighting a single battle was thanks to a combination of factors.
Geerhilt's loss of control and the influence of the Ladwig atrocity loomed large, and amid all that, they'd lost the will to resist the Euz invasion.
So by surrendering to me, whose standing had risen through relief efforts, they could secure their livelihoods and property. Öderlen had made the best possible choice.
Kindness given comes back as a blessing someday.
I came to grasp the true meaning of those words deep in my heart.
Unlike at Boeven, I had publicly declared that I'd personally deal with anyone who didn't mind their conduct, so my men couldn't put on airs as an occupying force at all.
