"I have alarming news, your Highness. I've just audited the officers' reports, and I have to admit: the war wi

"I have alarming news, your Highness. I've just audited the officers' reports, and I have to admit: the war with the Kellids cost us dearly. It was a glorious victory, but we lost many lives. Our losses must be replenished, but with who? A general mobilization would end with a mob of angry peasants in the ranks. Every volunteer has already joined. I guess we'll be looking at forced conscription."