บท 263: Call To Arms

(Kiyomi POV)

The princess's mobilization orders went as well as anyone would have expected, which is to say, not so much.

Most of the Noble houses were predictably less than cooperative, citing ridiculous reasons for not being able to mobilize their own household's troops.

Reasons ranged from needing them to participate in so and so daughter's wedding or they were on leave or even just plain outright rejecting the princess's order saying they only answer to the king.

The Sects however, were at least a bit more accommodating.

Just a bit.

Most of the Minor Sects pledged their Practitioners' participation in the battle, but the same could not be said for the Grand Sects.

Even though Heaven Sect had came forward to announce their support, the other Sect Masters claim that our Master's absence was a clear indication that the war was not as serious as we made it out to be.