For a young man that had been brought up to be a nothing but the stories of Fredrick the Great, and the heroics of Prussia and the need for Unification of the German speaking peoples, being a officer was the natural course of action. He was raised in a elite well off family, one which was required by tradition as much as anything else to serve the state and to fight for the state in its wars against its enemies. He had battled against the Austrians whom once long before even own the land his family worked. He had seen his fair share of battle, and his fair share of killing as well.<br/><br/>Now he was not even in the front lines, he was stationed in the back in an area that was considered for the most part secure, and safe. Yet, that wasn't always the case, one always had to be sure and careful when in enemy lands, secure or not, something he made sure that anyone whom served under him knew, which wasn't many but still, he made sure his cannon was secure and that the horses that he used were as well.<br/><br/>Discipline was a natural worry when stuck, having nothing to do, idle hands were the devils playthings after all, thus in order to keep his people from being idle he would come up with jobs for them, maybe simple, but something to keep them productive, preparing for situations that would most likely never come, the french army was incompetently led, this wasn't the army of the great Napoleon that they were fighting, but his foolish nephew. Still, one could never be sure in war what could happen.<br/><br/>He happened to be standing looking at nothing really, he had had his unit put into an pretty much abandoned stable on a farm, the army was making use of the town for boarding the men and officers each given different places, he man walking by him, and turned his attention towards them, watching them, to see what they happened to be up to. He wasn't quite sure of whom the person was, but he had a gut feeling which told him that he might be someone at least somewhat important. It wasn't till a moment later he realized whom the person happened to be.<br/><br/>Watching, he heard the man humming something as he walked, he didn't know the tune, though he did know the language they were speaking in, part of a proper education was learning languages including French and the classical languages. Deciding to not make anything of it at that moment, Fredrick walked back into the house and looked around, he remained quiet till walking around he noticed the maid, he figured he might as well ask. He also noticed a giant of a man with her, and figured that he was a servant based on his appearance, but didn't want to jump to conclusions before he knew for sure about the facts of the place.<br/><strong><br/>"Do you happen to know where La Roux is happening to be traveling to, and on what business,"</strong>he asked the two of them with a calm causal tone, just curious what was going on, not threatened per say, just trying to figure it out mostly. He wasn't sure that either of them would be able to give him an answer to his question, but he figured it was best to ask, to be sure, not sure if even if they knew, if they would tell him or play dumb about the matter.