"That's strange."
As she walked down the street, Kurokawa Akane looked around in confusion.
"This place seems rather different from what I imagined."
"Different?"
"Yes. Weren't many refugees supposed to have fled to the royal capital seeking shelter? I thought the royal capital would be crowded and chaotic. But no matter how I look at it, everything seems very peaceful and orderly..."
Just as Kurokawa Akane had said, the two of them saw nothing resembling the chaos and panic of war as they walked down the street. There were quite a few people around, but it didn't feel like a place filled with refugees at all. In fact, Kurokawa Akane felt that even the tourist season in some cities might be more chaotic than this.
Could the people of this world be exceptionally well-mannered, to the point that even when fleeing disaster they remain so courteous and deferential?
Of course, that was impossible.
"Indeed, this place doesn't look like a huge influx of refugees has entered at all."
Princess Norn looked around and nodded.
"Quite a few people have probably already been killed."
"Huh? But everyone seems so calm. If that many people had really died, wouldn't it cause a panic?"
"How could that be possible?"
Faced with Kurokawa Akane's question, Princess Norn rolled her eyes.
"It is precisely at times like this that people are least likely to notice such things. If someone they knew disappeared, of course they would notice immediately. But refugees come from all over the place and don't know one another. Even if a family living next door suddenly disappeared yesterday, most people probably wouldn't notice. To put it more extremely, as long as it was handled properly, even the disappearance of an entire refugee camp wouldn't be a problem. All you need to do