Looking at Hawthorne on the stage.
Saya did not know what he was feeling either.
All he knew was that his heart was a tangled mess. Was his luck good or bad? How had he run straight into the first world war in over a hundred thousand years? And I am not even a formal wizard—what the hell am I supposed to do?
This unexpected turn of events directly threw ninety percent of his plans into disarray.
He did not even know what he was supposed to do anymore.
In despair, he realized, With what little I can do, it seems all I can do is stand by and watch...
Who was he? Where was he? What should he do?
He was not the only one like this. Those three questions had become the confusion shared by most people in the Wizarding World.
The mortal nations that had just received the notice had even less of a clue. What the hell was a world war??
Something that had not appeared for over a hundred thousand years had caught them completely off guard.
The whole thing was simply too distant from them.
It felt as unreal as an ancient myth.
Now that it had suddenly been placed before them, they truly could not wrap their heads around it.
Increase the population at all costs.
Looking at that simple order, the many Kings scratched their heads, utterly baffled.
Until the next day, when another order arrived.
Within three days, men and women of marriageable age had to marry if there were enough members of the opposite sex available. Anyone who refused a marriage match would be hanged on the spot.
Only then did they understand just how far "at all costs" went.
The common folk immediately descended into utter chaos, chickens flying