An allied army of a thousand men...
'What good would that do?'
'A good number of them will probably freeze to death on the way.'
In truth, Queen Xianna had no other choice.
The royal family was out of money.
The Deer Royal Family of the Stag Kingdom, which had never been on solid footing, had fallen into further decline after the previous king's passing. To make matters worse, Calvin had caused a major stir in Daphne over the past two years, completely draining their savings and piling disaster upon disaster.
Although the assets seized from the purged nobles and ministers had temporarily covered some of the losses, it was but a drop in the bucket against the massive national deficit.
The Kingdom desperately needed time to rest and recuperate, yet war had just broken out in the Northern Territory, with beacons of conflict blazing across the land.
Queen Xianna didn't even have a moment to catch her breath.
