While Henry was focused on training new recruits, Claude and Tommy were busy stabilizing the situation and absorbing Odoche's resources and assets, and Boman and Fass had left with an army to lobby the nobles of the plains, an event transpired in the snowy plains of the Northern Lands.
Countess Ratifa herself had mustered an army, which was not an unusual occurrence in the snowy plains of the Northern Lands.
The Northern Lands were perpetually battered by wind and snow, and minor conflicts frequently broke out between nobles, villages, and tribes. As the Countess of the Northern Lands, Ratifa often had to muster her army to respond to various emergencies.
However, this mobilization was anything but ordinary.
The moment the Crown Prince received the news, his heart sank.
He knew that the relationship between Ratifa and Henry was complicated. While they couldn't be considered allies, they weren't enemies either.
