"......"
Facing the objection from the towering and influential Lord Macht, the much younger and junior Lord Parker found himself unable to get even a proper footing in the conversation.
A large part of it was because the next in line duke knew the opposite party had the complete confidence of his father and the latter almost blindly trusted him.
aning whatever the man said would go in front of the duke, without the latter not even verifying it most of the ti.
There were even occasions when Lord Macht's testimony had trumped Lord Parker's, such as when the latter skipped sword practice to go play hookey, with the father choosing to rather believe his bodyguard over his own flesh and blood.
Of course, such an exalted privilege was not simply given out to anybody by the Duke.
It was sothing that Lord Macht had earned for himself with his own sweat and blood, drop by drop, inch by inch, over a span of literal decades. All the scars on his body were there to prove all that without a shadow of a doubt.
And in reciprocating to that sacrifice, the Duke gave this great honor to Lord Macht, knowing his loyalty was beyond reproach and his honor unshakable.
The man would never lie about anything to his liege.
It was also one of the primary reasons why Duke Heeat had helped the man get his father's na, as a way to repay the man for his many years of loyal service protecting him, recalling that there were at least two tis in his life when he would have surely died in battle if not for this man taking the blow for him.
All these examples went to show that in front of such an influential figure, the 'freshly hatched out of the egg' chick nad Lord Parker had trouble standing his ground.
Ignoring this man's advice or going against him was sure to make his father very angry. And once he was inford why his son had done the act, well, the anger was sure to burst into full fledged fury.
Lord Parker was still fearful of his father when it ca to such matters. And thus he noticeably shimred down, figuring fighting this deputy of his father was much more trouble than it was worth.
He quickly broke eye contact with the fearful man and left the stage with only this hidden threat,
"I'm still your lord Lord Macht! You best rember that!"
The threatening words were spoken with an air of grievance as if the young man was lanting his powerlessness, while also clearly indicating that he could make life very difficult for the other once he took officer.
"Hah! You are not my lord yet brat! Wait until the day you are to talk to like that!"
Needless to say however, such a weak jibe had minimum effect on Lord Macht.
Forget the fact that Lord Parker had made that 'great' threat with a shaky voice and a weak, thumping heart, even if he was deadly serious, the inflexible warrior would not have budged an inch.
He was sent here by his lord to perform a given set of duties and he would see it was done to the tee no matter who or what obstacles rose in the way.
Even if that obstacle was the next duke himself.
"......."
While hearing how his threat was tossed into the garbage like a waste rag without even a mont's consideration, Lord Parker felt his ego hurt and he clenched his fist to the point his knuckles turned white.
So of the surrounding soldiers wanted to step forward and defend the man seeing this, however, the mont they recalled that they would have to face Lord Macht- sporting that imposing figure and those icy cold eyes, such mutinous thoughts very quickly fled.
Thus soon a solemn state of silence descended upon the tent, as Lord Macht stepped up to take over.
"Get up!" His very first address was to the kneeling officers, all of whom flashed a ruddy, grateful smile while scampering to their feet.
They all undoubtedly owed their lives this ti to this commanding man, one who had dared to go so blatantly against their lord just in order to save them.
And so they were all about to express their gratitude one by one when suddenly this bood out,
"Tell what happened out there today! Again!"
Lord Macht did not seem to put much thought into his altruistic action or even about the fact that he had utterly enraged his future employer. Instead, he simply ordered the n to once again retell the events of the day.
"Yes sir. We….."
The first to step forward was the most reactive of the officers, Lord Kite, and began the recount the events in chronological order, before being quickly buttressed by others with their own experiences.
Until finally, it ended with the testimony of that new commander sent as reinforcents.
And as Lord Macht poked and prodded the officers during the interrogation, he ca to quickly unearth much of the hidden details regarding what had transpired in the ships, and by the end of it, his blue eyes had turned icy, perhaps even more than the ti when he locked horns with Lord Parker.
The experienced veteran who had commanded countless troops over the span of decades could easily spot the flaws in many of these officers' retelling, such as them blaming everything on the Margraves while washing their hands clean.
Lying, or perhaps more accurately- embellishing the truth of the matters to one's supervisor was sothing that unfortunately was wildly prevalent within all militaries of the world, to the point it had almost taken the form of a tradition, and beca a sort of expected way of doing things.
aning Lord Macht too had 'lied' and much more importantly been 'lied' to.
And it had happened so many tis over so many years that the man had easily developed a very keen nose for being able to suss out any bullshit the other officers might be trying to sell him.
Hence following the end of the recount, his voice bood out with a freezing shout,
"You claim the Margraves decided to attack you when there was no longer space in the ship? Then why didn't they just stop taking more n and leave?"
"..." There naturally was no answer as every man understood they had been found out. And they did not dare insult Lord Macht's intelligence by saying otherwise.
They simply kept their mouths shut while the other side fud, their silence laying undeniable testant to the fact that today they were the aggressors here and the Margraves had every right to be indignant.
However, after finding the officers becoming cleverly mute and ashad, this experienced warrior did not choose to linger on this matter, intending to leave their punishnt to others.
Rather, the man suddenly turned his focus to that commander who was in charge of the reinforcents, and as the pair's gaze t, Lord Macht piercingly inquired,
"Commander Rick… why didn't you chase that traitorous Margrave flagship? They could not have gone too far by the ti you got here."
Hearing his na being singled out like that, the man cursed his rotten luck, wondering what he had done to deserve to get that deploynt today.
'I did nothing wrong today. Rather I helped our troops!' He shouted in his mind defending himself before lifting his head up with clenched teeth to et Lord Macht.
The man was instantly assaulted by the sa sensation Lord Parker had faced when encountering the veteran man, with his body suddenly turning cold and chilly despite the raging fire inside the tent.
For the first ti in his life, Rick understood just why this elderly black man was so revered by everyone.
Lord Macht did not always show it, but when he released his imposing aura, it was not one bit inferior to Achillas.
In fact, given the forr's much greater age, it was arguably thick, even more tyrannical, one that made any soldier want to follow his order without question.
The commander wasted no ti in stepping up and in a very flustered manner spat out his defense within a single breath
"Se.. my lord, my orders back then were to rescue the n. When I got there, many of the n were freezing to death on the water, while those few atop the bridge seed to be on the verge of falling any second. All my attention was taken by them."
What the man said was indeed true, all the n waiting for rescue had let out intense shouts of joy upon seeing them, then pleaded for help.
It was also sothing Lord Macht could easily imagine, as well as verify with the other crews.
But the man would not have to do any of that, as after giving this answer, Rick quickly added this as a way to divert the forr's attention,
"Also my lord, when I spotted the Margrave flagship, they had already sailed quite a distance and I simply assud they were going there to rescue Lord Kite. Perhaps you should him."
Hearing his na being uttered out of nowhere like this, Lord Kite instantly cursed the man and his entire fourteen generation.
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