When I summoned Winter, he was deeply dejected. Because the enemy happened to swarm in from a direction near the ranch, the ranch he'd lovingly built at great expense was reduced to ashes in an instant.
Fortunately, the horses kept there suffered no harm, since Winter quickly brought them into Feuzen. But the project he'd thrown himself into so eagerly had been ruined, and that left him crushed.
No one had foreseen the southern rebels' invasion. Had we noticed in advance, we'd have crushed them in an ambush before they ever reached Feuzen, but war doesn't always go the way you want.
"I'm sorry, master. The ranch I worked so hard to finish..."
"Winter, it wasn't your fault, so there's no need to be so dejected."
"Even so, as the one in charge, it pains me terribly."
He had the face of a rookie team leader who'd eagerly taken on his first project only to watch it smashed to pieces. It all becomes experience and helps you grow. I'm not the type to fixate on a mere building.
