Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 900

Barrett fell into thought, his mind wandering back to past events.

"It was my idea to burn the supply depot in Fawnrun City. At the time, Westhaven had already suffered several defeats in a row, and it looked like they were about to retreat.

"General Shane said that our battles with Westhaven have always been sporadic skirmishes. But when it comes to real fighting, both sides tend to hold back. So, when Westhaven retreated, we grew complacent. We didn't expect them to launch such a fierce offensive. It was during that battle that General Dominic was injured..."

"No," Carissa interrupted him once more. "When you first arrived at Victory Pass, my third uncle lost an arm in the chaos of war, proving that the battle was already intense. If both sides were holding back, there wouldn't have been a need for your reinforcements."

Barrett explained, "The fighting had always been somewhat restrained. The reason it suddenly escalated was because Marshal Liam pulled back from the frontlines, replacing himself with his brother, Marshal Leroy, who's much more ruthless and fierce. He changed tactics completely because he wanted to push us back and draw a new borderline.

"At the time, the situation at the Southern Frontier was critical. Troops were dispatched from Victory Pass, which left an opening for Leroy to exploit. That's when His Majesty sent me to Victory Pass with reinforcements. This is all on record."

Carissa knew this already. She looked at Barrett and asked, "So, when you thought Westhaven was retreating, was it because Marshal Liam had returned to command the battle?"

Marshal Liam's tactics were always like this-he didn't want a full- scale war or to sacrifice too many lives. Since we hadn't lost anything, we figured we could

said. She pieced together that when Leroy took command, it likely meant that Liam had gone back to try to prevent the then Westhaven crown prince, Arthur, from going to the

it would have been

up in Fawnrun City. It was clear that Liam hadn't been able to stop him,

wanted to escalate the war while the old king's condition worsened, fearing a prolonged conflict.

by then, Dominic had already

didn't want to halt the fighting at such a critical juncture. If he were more self-serving,

happened. After Liam disappeared, Leroy ordered the attack

by an arrow; it nearly cost him his life. That's when I

while you were sneaking into Fawnrun City, Marshal Liam had already returned to the

Carissa knew that. "When I took the troops into Fawnrun City, Marshal Leroy was still commanding

it take you

seven days,"

Aurora separate? Wasn't the plan