Offering the deal

8th October 1574

"I'm sorry, sir brother, for all the ruckus. I hope it didn't cause any major problems…"

Looking at the genuinely troubled expression of the Cheerio's household patriarch, I wasn't sure whether I was feeling tired or if my head was about to explode in pain. 

All the alarms, all the rush and potentially even some wounded that would be met with an unfortunate accident during the hurry… Because of this?

"You see, when we were departing, all we knew that you moved with the force of two thousand against a family with an estimated strength of eight thousand people on their side. How could we know that our information was wrong? We only learned that on our way here."