Vlad's answer was loud and clear.
He would lay down his life if need be, for he would rather die than see the people he loved fight each other to death.
Regardless of the victor, Vlad wouldn't want to live in that world.
He would rather be dead than experience its outcome.
It wasn't the answer of someone who blindly swore loyalty without understanding what it meant.
Nor was it the answer of someone who would willingly abandon everything from his past simply out of admiration for a new future.
No.
Vlad's answer was far more difficult than that.
He had chosen Leone.
Yet, he had also refused to deny the people who had raised him.
And perhaps...
That was exactly why Leone believed that the teenager before him truly deserved to become his vassal.
The young chieftain slowly nodded. "That's a good answer."
Vlad bit his lip for a few seconds before being able to give his reply.
"...Really?" Vlad asked. "Was that answer good enough for you, Great Chieftain?"
