"I wonder if any in Czernibog are sympathetic to humans. Well, regardless, there will be plenty of violence for us all to enjoy."
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Nasvell was delighted that Lord Marthall had waited until now, it made him feel like an actual King! He cared deeply for his father and didn't want anything bad to happen to him but the world was a harsh place and eventually his father would join dear departed mother in Vuldír's realm... Or more realistically Blámesh's. The point was, when that day came after a period of mourning, he would be ready to take the throne. Until then, he would substitute for father on occasions like this. He chuckled to himself, he had sacrificed that cat to his patron Grimnos praying for the chance to feel like a king without his father being harmed and part of his punishment for "terrorizing the clergy" was to learn responsibility by holding down the fort as substitute King! Of course, the people didn't know he was being punished but that was beside the point. He focused on the task at had and accepted Marshall's vassalhood with the proper ceremony.