While it isn’t Burkhart-san’s fault, it is a fact that the personnel that caught his master’s eye has immediately been monopolized by the kingdom in the end.
No matter how gentle the Breithilde margrave might be, it was no risky wager to state that Burkhart-san would be scolded.
Artur-san, who had noticed this, considered his friend Burkhart-san in pity. That would explain the expression he wore earlier.