Time slipped by silently, and Henry had finally settled all his affairs.
As the saying goes, big problems get small meetings and small problems get big ones. It was the trivial, day-to-day tasks that had proven the most time-consuming and exhausting.
He sat at his command table, which was piled high with documents and maps. He tapped the table lightly and asked, "Have Fass and Boman reported on their progress?"
"They have."
Henry glanced at Claude, who was busy at another table, and said, "Fill me in. I can't find the documents."
Claude looked up, recalling the details before answering, "Baron Boman and Baron Fass have followed your instructions and completed their mission of winning over the nobles of the grasslands. Your faction has been solidified.
Theoretically, you have almost no enemies in the eastern grasslands, aside from the other Counts and those powerful, arrogant Viscounts.
