Governor: A noble faction led by the Prince just broke an ancient treaty keeping the local murder machines from killing us all horribly, for the third time this month. Despite this, the demon lord decides to be magnanimous and rather seek out the people responsible for the breach than turn my country into a smoking crater, starting with my town. So instead of directing blame to the people responsible, saving the lives of the innocent, I'll stonewall the investigation leaving the demon lord no choice but to retaliate in force so as to not demonstrate weakness and invite further transgressions.
@sperance
We clearly have very different definitions of 'reasonable.'