Even more crucial was that this Prince was no ordinary member of the Nobility; he was a man of the army, a General in the military who commanded over a thousand soldiers—a Prince who wielded real power.
He had already been drawn over by the Twelfth Prince, so his future was destined to be limitless.
Precisely because he came from the army, and because his soldiers were watching all around, if he refused to fight, his prestige in the army would inevitably plummet to rock bottom.
What the army values most is morale! And what is morale? Some say it is fighting spirit! Others say it is a kind of spirit—a spirit that never admits defeat, that never retreats!
And what the army loathes most is deserters!
