At present.
The violent upheaval that had left everyone in every country feeling constantly on edge had gradually subsided in each nation.
After the lockdowns were lifted, they began exchanging what they had, gradually restoring production, the economy, politics, and trade...
Things had finally stabilized.
Although it was not yet time to examine the results.
Whether the entire country had changed, and how much it had changed—that was all plain to see.
Even if the whole country had been plowed flat and overhauled with ruthless efficiency over these past few months, to the point that the entire system and every institution had been smashed to pieces, wiped clean, and rewritten from scratch on a blank sheet of paper...
This was still nothing more than growing pains.
Because anyone with foresight could understand!
This would be a good thing for the future.
The mistakes that had been made would surely be avoided.
They might not be able to feel it now... but things would get better eventually!
Dead wood had sprouted new buds.
Everything from top to bottom had been thoroughly purged.
Those who remained were naturally the true cream of the crop.
In all fairness, what was wrong with that?
"Lord Griseo. I saw reports from Liyue saying that some outsiders had appeared there. They dressed differently and had different customs. Some were traveling around Liyue, some were cooperating with them, some were developing trade, and some were simply exchanging information..."
"They should be the people who came down from the Ark, right?"
"..."
Furina and Furina had played at all sorts of things with Little Griseo.
But they still liked to address Little Griseo as "Lord Griseo," just as Miss Anna and many others liked to call her "Goddess."
Little Griseo did not mind.
As for how they addressed