Negotiations between the two sides remained deadlocked. Floch unilaterally withdrew from the talks, and divisions began to emerge within the Mid-East Allied Forces again.
The kings of Britain and France personally called the king of Drus Country. In the end, they persuaded him to accept a small exclave in the northwestern corner of Marley, and he ordered his Cabinet to sign.
The king of Drus Country's actions sparked intense discontent at home. They had sacrificed four hundred thousand soldiers for a tiny exclave, while Britain and France had gained vast stretches of fertile land in northern Marley.
On the seventh day of the Brittany talks, the Drus Cabinet was overthrown. Hilleri, leader of the Freedom Party, won the election with an almost unanimous vote. Declaring that the king of Drus Country had betrayed his people, Hilleri stripped him of all authority.
The king of Drus Country fled into exile in Farnsi. The royal families of Britain and France fiercely condemned Hilleri, denouncing his government as illegitimate.
Hilleri turned a deaf ear and began massively expanding the military, while demanding that the allocations under the Brittany terms be renegotiated.
The supposedly unbreakable alliance of the Mid-East Allied Forces teetered on the brink.
That same month, in the Far East, the tsar of the Shadas Empire and his entire family were killed. The Shadas Empire collapsed, replaced by the Suros Alliance under Skayev's leadership.
Paradis Island, Royal Capital, Military Corps Headquarters.
After Levi's wedding ended, Chen Si left everyone behind and hurried straight to Headquarters with Erwin.
Sitting in the Command Headquarters office, Chen Si held up a telegram, his expression dark. He had never expected Floch to disregard his orders completely and enter the war against Marley without authorization.
Although Marley had been utterly destroyed, Chen Si felt no joy.