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Summary of Events:
Éoin made his way back to Aniger for Winter Session, doing so early at the invitation of Viceroy Constyre to be part of the small party that greeted King Siegfried of Zeig at his delegation before they discussed things and all agreed that the attack was not a deliberate action on Aifos' part, but could've been done by disgruntled citizens of Aifos. Afterwards Alina had a discussion with Éoin and Viceroy Constyre about Viceroy Báld, mostly regarding what Éoin had learned.
Excerpt of the Day:
"Your Majesty," Viceroy Constyre said. "As General of the Army of Aifos, I have conducted the most thorough investigations of Aifos' army and have determined that all of our strength was duly accounted for on our own shores on the night of the attack on your shores."
King Siegfried's gaze looked back cold and unconvinced.
"As such, we endeavour to aid you in seeking out who was responsible for the attack, as well as for the derisive letters which you were sent thereafter," Viceroy Constyre said.
"We also condemn those who carried out the attack and give you full licence to slay them if necessary," Queen Alina said, sounding a lot more bold now than she had on the pier. "If they are out citizens, their actions were not condoned."
"Why would they not be your citizens?" King Siegfried asked, his accent making his Ws sound like Vs.
"We suspect there is the distinct possibility that someone is trying to create war between our nations, potentially as a distraction for one or both of us, so that they can make a manoeuvre agains one or both of us and possibly have a better chance of victory against us," Viceroy Constyre replied.
King Siegfried's expression softened, in a way, but yet rage simmered underneath; Éoin hoped it was directed toward the attack's instigators.
"This can be deduced by their usage of purple and green," Viceroy Constyre said. "It was likely a deliberate attempt to implicate us, yet our soldiers do not wear purple and green to war, they wear it only as formal dress. Regular Officers of the Queen's Guard, as you see, wear white. Regular officers of the Navy wear blue or brown depending on their operations, and Regular Officers of the Infantry wear green, grey, or brown depending on their operations."
"So you are suggesting that those attackers were not even from Aifos at all?" Baron Reiter asked.
"No," Viceroy Constyre replied. "I will confidently state that there are few disgruntled Aifosians. Our Queen has been well-received across the country in the nearly two months that she has been officially Queen in Right, but I cannot deny that there are some disgruntled Aifosians, and there is the possibility that they rallied together to attack your shores and send those taunts in order to incite hostilities, at least, between us."
King Siegfried nodded. "And you seek them, ja?"
"We do," Viceroy Constyre replied. "It is only likely that they set out from the west of Aifos, men of the military are investigating any evidence of fishing vessels or the like departing from anywhere along the coast as much as a week before the attack, and we will try them for intent to incite war and the murder of innocents if we should catch them."
"We should not, however, rule out the possibility of their not being Aifosian at all," Queen Alina said.
"Zeig is at peace with all of her neighbours," King Siegfried said. "She has no enemies at this time."
Pronunciation:
Reiter: rayeter
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