Susan caught up, then suddenly, with a look of hatred, started telling Lance about some things.
"My Lord cares about everyone so much, even that emperor of the Empire can't compare, yet there are still those bastards constantly slandering you, spreading things in town..."
With the recovery war starting, the army being redeployed, and the port and docks bringing in goods along with a lot of outsiders, some rather nasty talk began circulating in the town.
The content was the same old set: questioning his right of succession, saying he's not a noble, attacking him for waging war on the surroundings, calling him tyrant, Dictator, Hamlet demon, and so on.
Or they'd just make up some bizarre rumors—likes men, beds ten women a night—anyway, the more vulgar and effective the better, never mind if they contradict each other...
