The master of Breisburg and the War Minister were personally leading the army on the eastern front, and his heir was distinguishing himself on the southern front, so the only ones effectively heading the government were the two ministers.
After the Finance Minister, who had been the overwhelming number one, fell from grace over the royal tax embezzlement case, power within the newly reorganized government was split between the Military and Judicial Departments, while the Administrative Department, the previous number two, dropped to number three.
Unfortunately, Adelbert, who had boldly pushed aside his father to seize the Finance Department, couldn't even squeeze in among them. It looked like it would be a long time before the Finance Department could recover.
The Administrative Minister, whom I hadn't seen in a while, was looking very gaunt.
He'd been a cantankerous old man, but his half-dead appearance made him seem rather pitiful.
