"Not noble. Necessary." He was a little flushed regardless, but even so, the topic was serious enough that he couldn't fake a smile. "Lately the halidom has been overrun with Risen...beings that rise from death and attack indiscriminately. With the war at an end, it's become easier, but there remains much to be done."

He could scarcely call himself a prince, much less a man, if he left innocent and untrained civilians to fend for themselves against those kinds of forces.

"But you say you had enemy birds and beasts? Was it similar to those found in this world?"