I am glad that you have mentioned stewardship, as, indeed, Duke Arnold does have a steward. His name is Karl Zirn, and he is currently administering the Duke's duties, well, all of them except the Chancellorship. The Kaiser, to my knowledge, is steward only of Imperial soldiers (under Fritz's breath; certainly not steward of his wife or his tongue), and that a recently claimed and questionably legal matter in itself.

In any case if the Kaiser wished to be Chancellor he had only to run for the position openly, not scheme to take it. Surely a man of such commanding presence and authority would have won easily against a mere freehold Count such as myself.

I wish Duke Arnold godspeed in growing healthy. The Reich needs him!

Fritz von Kastilien