The Winter Festival holiday ended quickly, as it often seems that time flies by when people are on vacation. In almost the blink of an eye, the Winter Festival holiday passed by in a leisurely manner.
In the blink of an eye, it was January. Almost as soon as the rainy and snowy season of the Winter Festival ended, Duke Casvan of Paragon finally led over fifteen hundred knights and an army of over ten thousand to prepare to cross the Gray Mountain Range and attack the empire on the other side.
The departure of the army could not escape the notice of all the nobles closely watching this war. Almost immediately upon hearing the news, Laine rendezvoused with Francois, Jerald, and Julius, preparing to cross the Gray Mountain Range at the same time and observe the war.
The group of them took two days to ride to the edge of the Gray Mountain Range. Of course, because of the presence of Francois and Laine, the four knights received a warm welcome from the locals wherever they went.
