Snow covered most of the gardens by the time Trafalgar found Arthur.
The two of them walked toward the military grounds at the edge of the estate, where the noise of training already carried through the cold air. Trafalgar hadn't properly inspected Euclid's troops in a while, and with another trip about to take him away, this was as good a time as any to see how far they'd come.
The difference was obvious before they even reached the main grounds.
Years ago, they'd started separating the soldiers into proper squadrons, but Trafalgar hadn't taken them into the war in Thal'zar territory. They'd had numbers back then, and plenty of willing people, but willingness wasn't experience. Throwing them into that kind of war would've been a fine way to get half of them killed.
Two years had changed that.
Several squadrons were spread across the enormous training field, each working under its own captain. One practised formations with shields and spears while another moved through coordinated attacks farther down. Mages trained separately near reinforced targets, and beyond them stood the soldiers who hadn't yet been assigned to a squadron.
There were thousands altogether.
Most were human, as Trafalgar would've expected in Euclid, but there were members of other races scattered throughout the formations as well. Every one of them had been identified and checked before being allowed into the military structure. Caelum had helped build that process specifically to make sure another family couldn't quietly place spies among Trafalgar's forces.
Arthur watched the training beside him before speaking.
"So, what does Lord Trafalgar think?"
Trafalgar gave him a sideways look. "I told you already. When we're alone, you can call me Trafalgar."
Arthur's expression barely changed. "You have told me that several times."
"And somehow we're still having this conversation."
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