Carinthia

In Carinthia, Alexia's husband, Duke Friedrich went out of his mansion to inspect the mercenaries that his wife hired.

‘Are we really going to overthrow the Emperor?’ he asked his wife, standing beside him smiling satisfied at the sight.

‘There is no other way to the throne.’ She answered. ‘Only this.’

‘And what about his siblings and Albert?’ he asked again referring to Josef and Marianna since Austria allowed women to inherit the throne.

‘That will be up to me. We will free Edmond and our line will be restored.’

‘We must not forget that the army that Hadrian commands is a formidable one.’ Friedrich said again to which Alexia replied with a scoff. She may have failed to kill off Hadrian, but she is determined to finish what she has started in one fell swoop. Indeed, the Imperial Army is strong, but they have not seen battle in decades and this, to her, is their advantage. She