"Voice of Freedom" Special Edition: The Truth About the Rikaner Kingdom.
"This is a nation that conspired with the Ratfolk, let them invade its lands, sent its Knights' Order to slaughter its own people, and allowed the Ratfolk to march north and attack Snow Mountain Fortress. It unleashed Demons and turned the entire Northern Frontier into a living hell. We call it the Betrayer. You call it... the Rikaner Kingdom."
"In June of Year 1000 of the Saint Laurent Calendar, the Holy Council passed a resolution: any territory a monarch reclaimed would become theirs. The Rikaner Kingdom, which had been biding its time on the West Coast, surged back. Its reason for betraying humanity became clear: expansion."
"The Saint Laurent Calendar was a blessing. It meant humanity would write the Allen Continent's next chapter. But to the great nobles, it was a curse. They could no longer expand their lands through war, assassination, or purchase. Every noble was forced to inherit their parents' territory and pass it on to their children. The Betrayer, with Montreal blood in his veins, wanted glory surpassing that of the Golden Families so badly that he thought: Why not let the Ratfolk run rampant and turn the land to ashes, then reclaim it myself?"
"And so, in the first millennium of the Saint Laurent Calendar, during the Year of Turmoil when the Gods had gone silent, the Betrayer began his expansion. The deaths of tens of millions of innocents became stepping stones for his ambition, while the survivors remained in the dark. They even believed the butcher responsible for it all was their hero. How bitterly absurd..."
Annan put down the newspaper.
Evelyn had done well. She had laid bare the Rikaner Kingdom's ugliness with ruthless precision, leaving it no room to save face.
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