Work and training part 2

"It means you just have to make handles for the sword. Finish the two-handed one and the axe. You really are a good blacksmith. Why did the army or the king allow that family to startle you?" I've asked a question I could've avoided but decided not to. This is something that's been on my mind for some time. Why wouldn't the king or the army protect her, if the weapons she was making were one of the best in the city? It's just kind of stupid, lowering their defenses. Wars inside of countries aren't anything odd as well. There were surely wars inside the countries themselves.