Even before the sun rose completely over the horizon in the morning, the Pendragon soldiers had departed for the war. The first and second princes had been the ones to go, while the rest stayed back at the Empress's suggestion to the Emperor. Many had woken up early to bid them farewell as they marched away, and the entire village had lined the roadsides to watch them depart.
But earlier before the departure from the imperial palace, they had taken the Emperor's blessings and went through the necessary traditions.
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