Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 43

Carissa needed to get her hands on the battlefield report Dominic sent back.

The reports first went to the Ministry of Defense, where a copy was made before the original was presented to the king. So, the Ministry of Defense should have copies of the battle report from Dominic as well as the victory report.

She would have to sneak into the Ministry of Defense.

There weren't many people at the ministry at night, but all the ministry offices were located on either side of Thousand Street, which was adjacent to the royal palace. The royal guards didn't patrol Thousand Street, but the guards from the garrison unit did.

But no matter what, Carissa had to see the battlefield report and the post-war memorial Dominic submitted.

One thing was certain-Dominic must have affirmed Aurora's contributions, otherwise the Ministry of Defense wouldn't have credited her.

The people of Westhaven were known for seeking revenge at all costs. If Aurora had massacred the villagers who surrendered, Westhaven wouldn't easily let the matter go, regardless of the villagers' reasons for surrender.

The most likely outcome was that they would ally with Sandoria and join the fight at the Southern Frontier.

map. If Westhaven wanted to reach the Southern Frontier without going through Starhaven, they would first need to go to Sandoria. From

But with the Hell Monarch leading the charge for Starhaven, Sandoria hadn't succeeded

He wouldn't be able to foresee that outcome or prepare for it in advance. Even if

shown by their spies slaughtering Carissa's

horses were tired, and supplies were

couldn't afford to delay and had to send reinforcements to the Southern Frontier immediately. If they gathered troops from the capital or Riverhold Garrison, they would take at least a month to

sending troops to Sandoria, so she had to wait

now was to get the report on the

liquor, Carissa was nowhere to be seen. Lulu searched everywhere-the martial

the four other personal attendants

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and Lily. Soon, everyone in the mansion was mobilized to search, but there was

she had gone out. The fact that she had taken the red whip out so late at night meant she likely was going to take action.

found out? Was she going to

she always acted decisively. Since she had even gone as far as to get the king to grant her a divorce, she wouldn't get