The situation kept fermenting, and the Alliance powerhouses who had only belatedly caught on also sensed that something was wrong. After figuring out the full story, the way everyone looked at Alpha I changed.
Before making their decision, they had at least informed their juniors and preliminarily unified their internal stance.
The earlier plan had gone very smoothly. Even if some within their factions opposed it, they had still cooperated in practice.
The Alpha Kingdom had suddenly flipped the table, acting as though it knew nothing about the resolution. It was obviously a mess Alpha I had created.
"Don't look at me like that!
"I told you from the beginning that the Kingdom would never agree to start a war at this time. It was only after your persuasion that I reluctantly gave it a try.
"Now that it has failed, you're trying to dump the blame on me. Isn't that a bit too—"
Before Alpha I could finish, the purple-robed elder beside him immediately retorted, "Enough, Alpha!
"No one wants to watch your clumsy performance. Put away that kingly routine of yours. It disgusts even me!
"Is the problem really that you merely reluctantly gave it a try?
"You clearly acted on your own and never communicated with the juniors afterward. Do you really think you can still have the final word like when you were king?
"The times have changed!
"Since your era has ended, face reality bravely instead of shirking responsibility and running away!"
Alpha could no longer remember the last time someone had pointed at his nose and cursed him like this. In any case, it could not have been after he became king.
Although his position had become somewhat awkward after his failed attempt to return and seize power, everyone had still shown him sufficient