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The choice might have seemed obvious, were it not for an old devil making a new frustration of himself.
Ostensibly, with the Duke Di Interres under your thumb, the province should have been yours to claim the subtler side of ownership of, which meant the Utopian Front recognizing your new position- and moving themselves out of their positions of influence. Julio Di Alba had disagreed, informants and friends said, and was making ready to occupy the provinces of Fumonido and Modiferro, undoubtedly to thereafter propose a sharing of the land and spoils. He’d picked the perfect time to have your attention split. With his strength of force, in order to move northward and stop him, even by just standing in his way and not letting things devolve into fighting, you’d have to abandon your plans to finish off the <span class="mu-i">Giardino Rosso</span>.
Di Alba would be reoccupying territories that were presently under the sway of the Utopian Front, the popular movement that was, ostensibly, more peaceful than the Red Garden, whom they practically outsourced violent action to. This meant they were ill-prepared for Julio’s branch of the Vanguard to move in and make themselves the new authority, and Di Interres, whose troops were busy cleaning up his capital, was in no place to object to such. The Utopian Front, of course, had nothing good to say about you devastating the <span class="mu-i">Giardino Rosso</span> in the field alongside the Duke, and had not requested your help. Yet in private, your contacts reported that more than a few dissenting opinions in the Utopian Front were hoping that you might intervene, even if the current leadership was much too proud to ask.
Despite your <span class="mu-i">personal</span> rivalry with Di Alba, your faction itself had no hostile relation to the <span class="mu-i">Comte</span>, and outwardly, the man did provide much monetary aid to outwardly revolutionary causes, as well as having good relations with the military and its expansionist faction, the Augustans. Open hostility towards him could backfire in a way you weren’t ready for, but if you were to consider him an opponent proper, then there would be no better time than now to remove him from the greater picture…
>The potential loss or difficulties in securing the north of the province weren’t enough to dissuade from the main objective. The Giardino Rosso had to be destroyed- and the Utopian Front would be more apt to grovel if they had fewer options and an enemy pushing in their doors.
>The prosperous and industrious northern territories of Interres were of vital importance, and doing a favor for the Utopian Front while the Red Garden couldn’t help them would certainly secure you as the more important ally, for any surreptitious supporters you had in their ranks…
>You had forces enough to split in twain. Though the job for both of them would be substantially more difficult… (How to split your forces?)
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