Chapter 39

"Is it safe to say that your presence was not necessary in the battle at the Hill of Sorrowleaf? Simply placed there from privilege? Would the cobalt-flamed sword or 'Sword of Kings' be better off in the hands, of say Leo from the Calvary, or..." inquiries Sappho.

"Can we not assume that you purposely provided the tactical positions to grant Alastair an upper hand, as you did with Grimbrook? Because by dawn, at the Hill of Sorrowleaf, the sky was blackened by hundreds of arrows. Quickly followed by cannon fire, and steam-powered guns firing at an alarming rate," scorns Eleon.

"No...I am bound by my blood to serve Avalon. I am no spy."

"So how can you explain the timing of every siege you command being countered with an almost eerie precision? Have you no history that, aside from the Battle of Osk Shallows, all other fights we have lost have been the ones that you oversaw?"