May 22—
Future historians were bound to record this day.
The first human Eternal Pope, Iver, married Queen Isabel I of Avalon in the Theocracy; humanity entered the Holy of Holies for the first time; Queen Isabel ascended the throne under the witness of the current Eternal Pope; the New Herasul Empire was founded; and Empress Yulia ascended the throne and issued the "New Herasul Declaration"...
—The next day, newspapers around the world went mad.
Anyone who had gone to school knew what level of major events these were. To most people, this was even more significant than the arrival of the Fallen Angel—the Fallen Angel's arrival had really only been felt by the Stibium People, while this event spread throughout the Herasul nations in a single day.
Avalon, Stibium, Iris... Even the elves of the Theocracy and the trolls and goblins of the Southern Continent were discussing it. The Parthian Ancient Kingdom had been startled into action as well, and several Good Lords immediately sent envoys to Avalon. Even the distant Primordial Empire sent a long congratulatory letter through a ritual.
For a time, the only people in the world who probably didn't know about this were the dwarves living in seclusion in the Northern Mountains.
To the people of Avalon, this was undoubtedly a good thing—
Although Avalon had merged into the New Herasul Empire, that didn't mean Avalon would lose its Queen because of it.
According to New Herasul's rules, the newly established Herasul Empire would no longer have nobles. Isabel had also relinquished her royal authority, but the core governing power of the Avalon region still lay with the Round Table Hall... The only difference was that whereas the original Round Table Hall could be entered only by knights, members now also had to undergo an