Her Majestic Battle Cry

Chapter 1299

Before dawn, the carriages from Redstone Manor set off.

The manor’s guards saw Oliver off, as he had previously insisted on personally escorting Celeste and their young son.

The procession slowly began to move forward.

Originally, there were only five carriages. But after leaving the manor, several more joined them. These were arranged by Carl ahead of time. Now, Carl and his men rode ahead on their warhorses, clearing the path

It didn’t matter if they were spotted–Oliver and his men were just seeing them off and would return afterward.

But when night fell and Oliver had still not returned, the manor’s guards began to grow anxious. They hurried to find Louis and Timothy.

However, the manor’s guards couldn’t find them. Louis and Timothy had left the manor not long after the dinner last night, only to begin feeling dizzy and vomiting soon after. As they didn’t share the same room, the guards attending them assumed it was simply the result of drinking too much, so they had the kitchen prepare some hangover soup.

After drinking the soup, they continued to vomit. Once they were done, they felt a little better and fell asleep.

By afternoon, they had still not woken, and the guards began to realize something was wrong. When they inquired further, they discovered that all those who had dined at the manor the previous evening had similar symptoms. They immediately called for the physician.

The military physician, Brandon, examined them and was stunned. “They’ve been poisoned by toxic mushrooms.”

an investigation. If they had been poisoned, there was a good chance that Oliver had been

could they go to war with both the marshal and the generals

they were told that Oliver had left to escort his wife back to the capital, and that he had

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Oliver had fled. He simply assumed that the commander had fallen ill along the way, causing a delay in his

it had been an

Zoey, the Earl of Silverstone’s wife,

the mushrooms left, so the cook took them out for Stuart to inspect. Not being familiar with identifying mushrooms, Stuart had

a thorough inspection, Brandon confirmed that the mushrooms were safe to eat, and he decided to personally visit the manor for a

soup from the previous night, and none of them had shown any signs of poisoning. This meant the issue lay with the specific

then they were deliberately poisoned. The person responsible knew exactly what they were doing–ensuring they wouldn’t

a sudden realization

be

would be a crime punishable by

to do such a thing… He must

Stuart sent word to track down Oliver, unsure if the marshal had fallen ill from poisoning and stopped to rest,

and so many carriages, it wasn’t hard to follow their

that Oliver and his men had scattered in

day, rumors spread like wildfire–whispers claiming that Oliver, fearing the advance of Sandoria’s forces, had fled with