Andre left the Ice Palace in the early hours of the morning. Only after confirming that his sister had gone to bed did he go deal with the aftermath in Kafhoka. First, he needed to exchange information with Marshal Baldwin and tell the loyal soldier that everything was under the Queen's control.
He had to prevent Baldwin from "playing along for real" and leading troops into Kafhoka. That would inevitably end badly.
Never mind that the People's Army airship squadron in Batasin City was already on duty around the clock, ready to deploy at any moment. The Maginot Legion had also finished assembling in Cadman City, south of Kafhoka, and wouldn't let anyone who violated the "contract" off so easily.
By the time the Misty Sea Trading Company had fulfilled its historical mission and been swept into the dustbin, the "peaceful takeover" of Kafhoka, the continent's famous breadbasket, would be all but certain.
Neither Murphy nor Mirian would allow anything else to go wrong. And the players, who had been bored lately, were itching for the Northerners to stir up trouble so they could feel like "liberators" again.
When the wolf girl woke the next morning, she suddenly remembered that her younger brother had said the night before that he'd found her a "professional" to serve as her royal treasurer, replacing Lord Marogo, who had defected for the sake of his "love."
The Queen had meant to ask him about it in detail.
After all, managing the purse strings was no small matter, and she couldn't afford to be careless. But Andre had gone off-script with his "pure-love kiss," leaving the wolf girl, a long-time single woman, awake for most of the night. She hadn't had a chance to look into the matter further.
Now that a god was going