Archibald, who had made contact with Finance Minister Adelbert thanks to my introduction, sent word that the unaffiliated mercenaries lingering in Breisburg had boarded boats on the Main River and made their way downriver into Basel.
Then August spotted a group he believed to be mercenaries scouting near the border and reported it to me at once.
In the old days, fighting during Lent was considered taboo. But these days, plenty of nobles don't observe Lent properly at all, and the Count of Basel seemed to have decided to launch his provocation before the blessing of spring arrived. In the end, it all came down to pride.
The Count of Basel regarded his defeat at the Battle of Euz as a humiliation. I'm called a war hero now, but five years ago, in the great war, it was the Count of Basel whose name rang out as a war hero.
