The dinner table fell silent for a moment as everyone contemplated the repercussions of what Crown Prince Claudius had ordered, the deployment of foreign forces with in Cygnia's borders.
"I say that we lie if anyone asks. I am comfortable telling everyone that we hired a collection of mercenary forces to do the job of eliminating the monsters for us.
In fact, I will even go with a group of adventurers and some of our local mages, so I can give a memory extract as proof to the Royal Court." Dominic suggested.
Prince Russel looked at him in horror. "You can't lie to the Royal Court's memory extraction."
Dominic smiled. "Let me tell you a fun story. Many years ago, when I was just a little dragonkin, I was scooped up by the Redcham city guards, on the shores of Trenilton Lake in Axbridge.
They had been told that I witnessed a murder, and assumed that I simply refused to tell them who it was because they were the authorities.
