Ferdinand had assigned his knights to guard the castle since the people here staged a revolt just a few days ago.
Arabella's visit had been announced, and so there were a lot of people surrounding the palace.
They were hoping to see her and report the failure of the former Marquess Sibruh, or at least, scream about their plight and complaints.
Arabella sighed deeply as she took in the sight around her.
Marquess Sibruh had failed in managing and improving his marquessate with all the pride he had.
If he had only asked properly, Sibruh would not have ended up this way.
Some parts of Sibruh, especially the ones closest to the vacant lands, were rocky and dry, so they could not be used for agriculture, or even used as a place for living.
Thus, this situation here was even more dire since only a portion of the Marquessate could be used for agriculture.
The rocky drylands were used for mining, but who could mine without food?
This was exactly why the people were so fearful.
