When the kingdoms that continued to persist in refusing to be incorporated into the Empire eventually collapsed from the monsters, Adenburg became the only country in the continent. 

It was about 10 years since the war against Chaos had ended and it truly was the start of the era of a unified Empire. 

With this as the starting point, many things began to change.

The first place where change began was the Imperial Capital, Adenstein.

The foreigners’ culture and products had become taboo after the rebellion 200 years ago. But now, it began pouring out of Adenstein, the Imperial Capital. New inventions were announced and revealed every day and of the new inventions, some of them were acknowledged for their practicality and spread like a fad among the nobles.

All of this was only possible because the Iron-Blooded Empress allowed it.

However, many expressed concerns about the Empress’ policy. The people hadn’t forgotten the period of darkness brought on by the selfishness of the foreigners and were extremely terrified that something related to the disaster of that time would be unleashed on the world.

The Empress dispelled their fears with a single phrase.

“Do not...