This would be the year that changed the continent's history forever.
On June 28, Grand Duke Fernando, crown prince of the Sasha Alliance, and his wife were assassinated in Sera. The assassin came from the Duchy of Seth.
On July 25, the Sasha Alliance issued an ultimatum to the Duchy of Seth, listing ten demands and requiring it to accept every condition within seventy-two hours.
On the evening of July 27, the final negotiations between the two sides broke down.
At eight in the morning on July 28, the Sasha Alliance declared war on the Duchy of Seth.
That same day, the Olucci Empire declared war on the Sasha Alliance and its ally, the Kingdom of Kront, in support of the Duchy of Seth, and began full mobilization for war.
That same day, the Kingdom of Kront, an ally of the Sasha Alliance, issued an ultimatum to the Olucci Empire, demanding that it cancel its mobilization within twelve hours or face a declaration of war.
On July 29, the Kingdom of Kront declared war on the Olucci Empire and began mobilizing.
On July 30, the Kingdom of Kront declared war on Francis.
That same day, the Kingdom of Kront declared war on the Duchy of Tiris.
That same day, in Fog City, the capital of the Empire.
When von Richter, Kront's special envoy to the Empire, learned that Foreign Minister Gray had come to see him, he was rather surprised. He watched the foreign minister enter his office with steady steps and a calm expression. Gray's gaze held neither sorrow nor joy, not a trace of anger or any other emotion, as though this were merely an ordinary meeting.
"Her Majesty the Queen has received your country's declaration of war."
Foreign Minister Gray was the very image of a typical