Falcon Castle is built on a mountain near the small town of Hechingen, about 64 kilometers from Stuttgart.
All the castles in this world were not originally built to defend against wars - a round of rocket launchers can flatten a castle, not to mention a castle, even a large concrete block.
In fact, these castles were basically built between the First and Third Ages in order to prevent attacks from supernatural creatures in the surrounding wilderness areas.
For example, the ancient Solomon Republic in the Tertiary Period, while expanding northward from the Italian Peninsula, built a large number of dual-use military and civilian fortresses, which were nailed like nails in the territories of barbarians and supernatural creatures.
Once a beast tide or something that a conventional army could not resolve appeared, the ancient Solomon officials would organize the masses to evacuate and gather in the nearest castle. These castles covered an extremely large area and had a lot of food reserves, so they could maintain self-sufficiency for a long time, allowing the people inside to hold on until the arrival of the Solomon field army.
The castle of the Falcon family was built in the early Third Age by an ancient Solomon tax farmer... Without going into more background, the Falcon family certainly did not intend to stick to this castle that had lost its function and wait for the outcome of the war in Franconia in the north.
Although the Griffin family's sudden rebellion against the empire did disrupt their long-term deployment, but now that things have come to this, there is nothing to regret.
While the old griffin is still the monarch of the Duchy of Swabia, how to use his son-in-law's official status to attack and conquer the surrounding owned territories as soon as possible is what the contemporary Falcon Count Frederick is considering.
Obviously, he was not the only lord with similar ideas. For example, Count Eberhard of Württemberg in Ulm, the Count of Fishbones whose family emblem was three fish bones, had already stationed his troops in Stuttgart, not far from here. His intentions were obvious.
If we really want to have an aristocratic classical war, there is nothing we can do. In terms of military strength, everyone is equally matched, and there is no saying that one side will definitely win. We can still fight.
Even if they defeated the enemy, the loss of ammunition and materials would be unavoidable, and the subsequent expansion plan would certainly be affected. Therefore, both sides had drawn the battle line but had not taken action yet, because of similar concerns.
At this time, a young woman claiming to be from the Licinius family visited the Falcon family, saying that she wanted to discuss a large arms business.
No, not a claim. Several elders in the family who have connections in Solomon City have confirmed that the other party is indeed the daughter of the head of the arms giant Licinius Consortium, Nora Valenius Licinius, and there is no trace of using extraordinary power to disguise her face or identity.
So the Falcon family immediately held a banquet to welcome this distinguished woman from Solomon City... and her secretary and bodyguard.
Although Frederick did not understand why a young woman of this status would hire an equally young man as her personal secretary.
However, according to elders who have been to Solomon's city, the customs there are relatively open. Even unmarried women can openly bring men with them, whether they are in a confirmed or unconfirmed relationship, under the euphemism of "free love", without worrying about ruining their future reputation.