On the afternoon of April 1st, 1669, spring still had not come to Gala City. Snowflakes drifted through the sky, draping the city in a pure-white bridal gown.
And it was not just Gala City. Extreme weather had been appearing one after another all across Star Country—if it was not scorching sun, it was torrential rain, and even Earthquake Tsunami had arrived. The wind, water, and earth arcanists of Griffin Company and the Fortress Legion were urgently reassigned, rushing to support every part of the nation under the Meteorology Office's command. The Calamity Messengers, who had once taken jobs that were practically equivalent to retirement, became temporary commanders of their cities in utter confusion. These arcanists, who had only wanted idle posts where they could slack off, somehow stumbled into the peak of their lives, leading the nation's arcanists against natural disasters.
Sometimes, when the dividends of an era landed on one person's head, they became a great undertaking.
Logically speaking, Gala City, as the capital, should have been the Meteorology Office's top priority, but the problem was that nearly all the other cities were functional cities—pure industrial cities, pure agricultural cities, even pure entertainment cities. Those were the most precious production resources. If they were not saved, the losses would truly be catastrophic.
In contrast, almost no production enterprise would ever settle in the capital, where land prices were the most expensive. Gala City was purely a consumer city, and even if it was not saved, it would not harm national interests. After a vote, Parliament unanimously decided to lower Gala City's disaster-relief rating to the lowest level.
To put it bluntly, Sonia's hometown had a higher disaster-relief rating than Gala City. At least it was an agricultural town.
As a result, Gala City's weather would only be regulated