For this continent, it was a truly surreal twenty-four hours.
On the surface, there was no sign that a major war was about to break out. The president of Francis had concluded his visit to the Olucci Empire and was on his way home. Meanwhile, its emperor, Nicholas II, was still enjoying a leisurely yacht cruise with his family. Even William II of the Kingdom of Kront had gone on vacation after issuing a harsh warning to the Sasha Alliance's envoy.
After all, summer had arrived-the perfect season for holidays, escaping the heat, hunting, and social gatherings.
What was more, according to news reports, the Duchy of Seth had not flown into a rage over the Sasha Alliance's ten demands, which all but surrendered its sovereignty and humiliated the nation. Instead, it had swallowed its anger and accepted most of them. Only the fifth violated its constitution, so it hoped to negotiate a revision.
This considerably reassured the media outlets following the matter. After all, if the Duchy of Seth was willing to accept such humiliating terms, it clearly had no intention of confronting the Sasha Alliance head-on. In that case, war probably would not break out.
So everyone might as well keep drinking and dancing, and pretend nothing had happened.
A month had passed, after all. Nobody cared about the news of Grand Duke Fernando's assassination anymore.
Most people paid little attention to the Empire's silence, either. As far as they were concerned, this matter had little to do with the Empire in the first place, so the Queen's apparent lack of interest seemed perfectly reasonable.
But Li Wei knew that was not the case. Katie had already complained to him that she had once again been forbidden from leaving Fog City. Fortunately, she could still play with Little