[Hendrik grimaces at the terribly accurate observation of his behavior, forcing himself to look away from the wine goblet to at least meet the remark head-on. Jasper's expression is, at the very least, not as severe as he imagined it could be.
He takes a long drink of his wine, sighing to himself as he focuses on that bit of "somewhat concern."]
Adequate assistance? I-- ah, inherited the former general's vice chief of staff, so he is ensuring campaigns go according to plan.
[It really was a major blow to Heliodor's army to lose both its general and chief of staff in Dundrasil. How they managed to scrabble any of the Heliodorian retinue into escaping the overrun kingdom was truly a miracle.
He quietly eyes Jasper over the lip of his goblet as he takes another drink. He may have saved the King, but he hadn't rallied the troops into action beforehand.]
He is kept awfully busy as well. There is a considerable backlog of reports because of the ... er, suddenness of my promotion and the increased monster activity.
[His vice chief of staff was an older gentleman as well. The increased campaigns and decreased amount of senior knights to watch over the new recruits were constant points of stress for him.]
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[Hendrik grimaces at the terribly accurate observation of his behavior, forcing himself to look away from the wine goblet to at least meet the remark head-on. Jasper's expression is, at the very least, not as severe as he imagined it could be.
He takes a long drink of his wine, sighing to himself as he focuses on that bit of "somewhat concern."]
Adequate assistance? I-- ah, inherited the former general's vice chief of staff, so he is ensuring campaigns go according to plan.
[It really was a major blow to Heliodor's army to lose both its general and chief of staff in Dundrasil. How they managed to scrabble any of the Heliodorian retinue into escaping the overrun kingdom was truly a miracle.
He quietly eyes Jasper over the lip of his goblet as he takes another drink. He may have saved the King, but he hadn't rallied the troops into action beforehand.]
He is kept awfully busy as well. There is a considerable backlog of reports because of the ... er, suddenness of my promotion and the increased monster activity.
[His vice chief of staff was an older gentleman as well. The increased campaigns and decreased amount of senior knights to watch over the new recruits were constant points of stress for him.]