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.

checked the map. If Westhaven wanted to reach the Southern Frontier without going through Starhaven, they would first need to go to Sandoria. From there, the journey to the Southern Frontier would take almost three

to win the Southern Frontier. But with the Hell Monarch leading the charge for Starhaven, Sandoria hadn't succeeded and the battle was

would surely lose. He wouldn't be able to foresee that outcome or prepare for it in advance. Even if he did somehow know beforehand, without

no effort for revenge, as shown by their spies slaughtering Carissa's entire family in

long. Soldiers and horses were tired, and supplies were running out. The Hell Monarch

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

no evidence to prove Westhaven was sending troops to Sandoria, so she had to wait for news from

was to get the report on the battle at Victory Pass from the Ministry of

be seen. Lulu searched everywhere-the martial arts hall, study,

anxious Lulu immediately summoned the four other personal attendants to search for

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the mansion was mobilized to search, but there was no sign of Carissa

was Lulu who finally noticed that Carissa's red whip was missing, confirming that 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. Holly and Lily exchanged glances

going to cause trouble for the Warren

that, she always acted decisively. Since she had even gone as far as