The Duke's funeral was set to be in a few weeks, but due to monsters prevailing in the area, only a few would attend the funerary rites. It would be irresponsible for the Knights of Tenetium to escort every single noble who asked. Only those equipped or with knights of their own would attend, even the King would send someone in his wake so that he wouldn't have to put his family through more travel.
That in itself didn't sit well with most knights and apprentices. They thought that, even though the man had been declining slowly for a while, he still deserved a more honorable end. What was normal for a Duke's funeral was a large event. They would celebrate life and bless his body.
For the Duchess to steal his ashes and effectively ruin the blessing and honoring of the man.
But what came with the sense of disappointment over this fact was determination.
