Chapter 302 The Rightful Heir Of Drakenfels

Normally, one would appeal to the Imperial Court for formal recognition, but this time, such logic didn't apply.

"Appeal to the court for a title? Are you insane? That would destroy the Drakenfels name!"

"Do you think temporarily using my mother's family name is the same as officially changing it?"

"Even if we gain the upper hand, the other minor lords and competitors will seize on any excuse to undermine us."

The bloodshed and chaos of the civil war all boiled down to one goal, seizing control of all of Drakenfels. To change the family name now, regardless of the legitimacy of the claim, would only invite accusations from every lord in the region.

As a result, the South had turned into a patchwork of lords without titles. Numerically, titled minor lords still outnumbered the untitled ones, but the region was in constant turmoil.

Malossi was one such territory, ruled by a baronial house among the many minor lords.