Kamila's cold glare delivered the message, making Barla flinch.
"I can assure you that I've done everything in my power to solve the situation. I'm not trying to deny my failure. I'm just pointing out that the reason the soldiers can't find the bandits and I didn't know how many people are seeking refuge in Lustria is the same.
"Winter disrupts all communications and erases all traces. By the time we know of a raid, either the weather turned bad, and we have to wait until it clears up to move out, or we get on the crime scene, and then the weather turns bad, forcing us to seek shelter before we can collect any evidence."
The Count had never left his mansion since fall, but he read the reports and always signed them as a participant to create a paper trail of his alleged efforts exactly for a moment like that.
