Tyranny of Steel

As Conrad, Elma, and the other agent slowly made their way to Kufstein and the sanctuary it provided. Berengar was on his way to Graz, where he had planned to meet with his Uncle and discuss his plans for the future. Albeit not to their fullest extent, after all, poisoning Conrad after assuming the position of Regent was not exactly something he wanted to become public knowledge.

However, Berengar also had a far more critical goal at the moment, and that was to meet with Adela; it had been many months since he was last able to see her cute little face, and he was beginning to wonder how much she had grown in this time. Thus, in all reality, the meeting with Otto was a cover so that he could spend some time with his cute little fiancee. For this meeting, he had left Linde behind in Kufstein; after all, he was pretty sure that Count Otto would disapprove of him bringing his lover and bastard son to the meeting.

As Berengar and his Caravan approached the city of Graz, they could tell that it had seen better days. Despite the fact that the city of Graz had not been besieged; the flames of war had ravaged many of the surrounding areas, which provided it with supplies, and as such, the people were struggling to feed themselves. When the city guards noticed the banners of House von Kufstein flying in the wind, they quickly went to inform their Liege that Count Berengar of Tyrol had arrived. Of course, Count Otto was already aware that Berengar would be traveling to Kufstein; Berengar had made sure to inform him of his visit, as such, he was welcomed into the city with open arms.

Before long, he and his caravan had reached the castle, where he stepped out of the Carriage and greeted Count Otto at the footsteps of his castle. The man had an amiable smile on his face as he welcomed his nephew and future son-in-law.

”Berengar, my boy, it is good to see you. How is your father doing? ”

Berengar smiled as he returned his Uncle ’s greeting.