Count Guillemot de Lyon sits and watches the bickering with great amusement. Finally, he addresses the King.

Your Majesty,

We seem to be going over the same ground again and again. I will try to lay out my points in so plain a matter, that they can not be twisted.

1.) House Gascony fought for years to secure the Southern Border. Your father, in his wisdom, rewarded the House that fought and bled.

2.) When he passed, you sucked all the men and money out of House Gascony, leaving our Southern Border weak. Despite my pleas and reminders of the years House Gascony has served loyally.

3.) You did this solely because you do not like me. And that is fine, you don't have to. But you let hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen live in fear of our Southern neighbors.

4.) The Prince decided to correct this by giving House Gascony some men for the first time in years. But he will not be Chancellor forever. And I fear when his term ends, the next Chancellor will just take the troops away at your urging.

5.) So, I believe I had to act. To show you just how serious I am. You say to take this up to the Prince, but it is not the Prince who bled Gascony dry. You say I should just come to you, but I have, to no avail. You have let your personal feelings for me cloud your judgment.

But no more. Now you will understand that a French noble will bleed, kill, and die for you but we deserve some measure of respect.

As to your daughter's honor, the fact that you keep trying to blame me for the stain on her honor is just proof that your personal hatred for me clouds your better judgment. If you insist on banning me because of what another man does to your daughter, then there is little we will ever agree on and you might as well ban me and get it over with.

With that, Guillemot simply stands there perfectly straight with fire in his eyes as he waits for the King's response.