Mike's scheme

16th July 1574

As devastating this realisation was, there was no way for me to confirm this. After all, it was nothing more than just a hunch! Yet with that notion at the back of my mind, I had to make sure that all the movements I would make would be aimed at someone no less than a potent enemy!

"Hey, Jan, can you come on board for a moment? Or no, can we have a talk somewhere where both your and my people will see the two of us, but won't be able to hear what we will be talking about?"

Rather than trying to convince everyone that I wasn't the traitor that they took me to be, it would be far more efficient to just talk this through with Jan in a calm and composed manner. In the end, I wasn't even sure if it would be a good idea to clean my name so soon, as long as I could get him to protect my lands and pass the message to my workers to ramp up the weapons production!