Several aristocrats and officials were now gathered in the meeting hall of the castle.
Carl guessed that they were here to talk about Heath's plan to destroy the Thunderstorm Pirates' base camp.
He did not want to be part of this, so he returned to his own room, but he was not in any mood to do any research either.
During this time, even though he was not paying close attention to the situation in Eisen Castle, he had heard a lot from the people around him about how complicated the politics of this city were. The aristocrats and the officials were split into many different factions, so even though Melissa had the support of highly-ranked vassals like Raymond, she was not able to seize complete control over the situation.
The worst of all was the commander of the troops at the port hims
