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Jacobin Grand Opera House.

It was a landmark of the capital and a renowned performing arts center throughout the Ovena Federation.

It was also a wonder known to nations across the world.

Construction on the building began in 1886 of the Dawn Era, and it was not officially put into use until 1900, taking fourteen years in total. Rumor had it that enormous manpower and resources had been invested in its construction, while its designer was an exceptionally mysterious master in architecture and sculpture.

After the theater was completed, that person vanished without a trace.

Yet Gilan knew full well that this mysterious designer had been the earthly counterpart of Anthony Roti, the June Apostle known as "Mason."

The intelligence came from the Empire Council's highest-level secrets. He had only been granted access to such hidden information after assuming office as chairman.

Jacobin Grand Opera House covered nearly 20,000 square meters, equivalent to one-third of the Four Directions Palace.

Inside, it had a three-thousand-seat concert hall, a two-thousand-seat opera house, two four-hundred-seat small theaters, as well as roughly a thousand rooms of various sizes, including exhibition halls, recording studios, bars, restaurants, and ballrooms.

It could be called a castle that brought together art and entertainment.

The theater's outer walls were smooth and white, patterned with pink designs. Its form was highly avant-garde, innovative, and artistic. Two interlocking curved roofs crossed at its summit, like rising waves; yet viewed from the front, they resembled two swans entwining their necks in courtship.

At this moment.

A dense crowd had gathered outside the Grand Opera House. There were local celebrities from the capital, as well as wealthy travelers from other places. Dressed in their finest attire, they were preparing to enter the opera house, whether to enjoy concerts, operas, and dances, or to