0. I have received word from my father. He reports [cdb]that public order is rapidly deteriorating in House Burgundy's territory.
1. Seriously? I've heard the same is true in the Siward [cdb]and Albany territories as well.
2. That's right. And as a result, some unsavory [cdb]characters have strayed into Daphnel territory, [cdb]causing trouble for us too.
3. If they couldn't keep things under control, they [cdb]should've come to me for help.
4. Those three houses have always been quick to align [cdb]themselves with the strongest faction, be it the Central Church or even the Empire.
5. That the three of them opposed the establishment of [cdb]the Federation makes it all the more difficult to ask [cdb]for help, no doubt.
6. If only it were that simple.
7. Is there something else about the matter that [cdb]concerns you, Lady Judith?
8. I've heard some rumors that those three have been [cdb]conspiring together of late. That there are plans in [cdb]the works for all of them to defect to Faerghus.
9. The viscounts may have been too busy plotting to [cdb]secure their positions and deal with the growing [cdb]chaos in their territories.
10. Hah. Now that I would believe.
11. I'm not sure if this is related, but there've also been [cdb]some alarming sightings near their western borders.
12. Alarming in what way?
13. It's the Knights of Seiros. Perhaps it's nothing, seeing [cdb]as the Kingdom is sheltering the Central Church [cdb]within their borders, but...
14. Do you suspect that the knights have been acting as [cdb]intermediaries between the Kingdom and those [cdb]houses? If so, we cannot possibly turn a blind eye!
15. We can't say for sure if that's the case just yet. But [cdb]there's no mistaking that civil unrest is running [cdb]rampant in those territories.
16. We need to mobilize the Federation army [cdb]immediately, and try to restore public order.
17. Wait a moment. Would it not make more sense to [cdb]send envoys to the houses beforehand, to learn more [cdb]about the situation?
18. They'd just reply to our inquiries with some [cdb]half-baked excuses. Giving them a heads up [cdb]we're coming should be enough.
19. So you're ordering an immediate deployment, Your Majesty? It's nice how quickly things move around [cdb]here without the roundtable.
20. That's the beauty of this. Lorenz, assemble the troops [cdb]immediately.
21. Very well. At long last, it is time for the Federation to [cdb]take its first steps.
22. That's right. We stand at the dawn of a new Leicester!