For the Sasha Alliance, this was indeed a crisis.
Outside the Empire Embassy, reporters and onlookers had gathered in a sea of people. The police had completely sealed off the embassy, keeping everyone else outside.
No wonder the Sasha Alliance's officials were so concerned. They all knew that the Sasha Alliance had declared war on the Duchy of Seth because people from the duchy had assassinated Grand Duke Fernando. Now something like this had happened to the Empire Embassy in the alliance's capital—what if the Empire used it as grounds to attack the Sasha Alliance?
Some people in the Sasha Alliance had previously believed the Empire would never attack them. After all, there had never been any animosity between the two sides. They did not have a long-standing feud with the Empire like Francis, nor were they competing with it for markets and territory like Cront. Perhaps if they showed enough sincerity, the Empire would graciously let them off?
Well, now that hope was completely dead.
"What did you say? We're not allowed to remove the bodies? Why?"
The police chief guarding the scene stared at the Sasha Alliance's foreign minister, his eyes wide with anger.
"The Empire has stated that it will send someone here to investigate the case personally, and has asked us to preserve the crime scene-"
"You've got to be kidding!"
The chief waved his hand angrily.
"Do you know how far away the Empire is? By the time they arrive, these bodies will have rotted!"
"You don't need to worry about that."
Just then, a voice interrupted the chief's complaints. Frowning, he looked irritably toward its source and saw a young man dressed like a wealthy dandy standing there, regarding him with a cold smile.
Judging by his clothes, the man did not seem to