Most of the nobles were gazing at the paper with sweat on their brow. As the king said, this was indeed intimidating, a single symbol of their country alone was weighing on them like a mountain was placed at all their backs.
The King looking at all the nervous nobles in silence only sighed and cleared his throat again.
"Ahem….don't panic, my lords, it is only but a message send by an earl of their region."
Hearing the king's words, the nobles finally took a breath, as it seems, it wasn't what they all imagined (like a letter for their submission), and even though an earl of their region was powerful in many ways than their own. They were glad, it wasn't from their Dukes and viscounts. If it were them. The pressure would truly be immense on their middle-tier country.
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