January's weather had dropped to an extreme low, and the seawater had begun to freeze as well. Some chunks of ice had only just formed before the waves pushed them onto the beach.
In the end, the chunks of ice piled up into a white crystalline cliff that kept growing higher!
In stark contrast to the frigid weather was the enthusiasm of Gefra's people! His Majesty the Emperor would officially abolish the nobility's privileges after the fifteenth, and during this period, a large number of famous Social Activists had appeared throughout society.
These people had begun "voluntarily" explaining the latest policy abolishing the nobility's privileges to ordinary citizens, along with its far-reaching consequences.
Even though Gefra's weather could freeze a person to death, people still gathered outdoors...
"Why did the Empire immediately decline after experiencing such glory?" On the streets of the imperial capital, a Social Activist standing on a wooden crate solemnly looked at the people gathered around him and shouted the question.
It was beside a garden on an ordinary street, a place where pedestrians could rest briefly. Thick snow covered everything. People wore heavy clothes and shivered slightly from the cold, yet refused to leave.
The Social Activist looked at the people around him and thought that he should demand more money from his employer. The weather was too cold today, and his influence had grown considerably. Naturally, his price had to rise.
Of course, that was merely what he thought, not what he intended to say.
Seeing that no one answered his question, he asked and answered it himself, using vigorous gestures to give his words greater force. "That's because the nobility helped the Empire achieve its glory, but it was also because of the nobility that the Empire began to decline!"
"The nobility firmly controlled