chapter 42 future trouble

Orfiloc's mood at the moment was as depressed as the sky outside the window.

His father, the Archduke of Bavaria, had just summoned him for a long talk. The content was nothing new and it was still about the marriage grant. The old Grand Duke insisted that the marriage granted by Louis IX was the crowning glory of the Principality of Bavaria and a proof of the goodwill of the royal family of the Rhine League. For the future of the entire principality, Orfiloc must accept this marriage.

Although...