A place was prepared in the city hall for the gathering of the leaders of each delegation. It was a sudden request from Maren’s governor. Only a few days ago, a large portion of the delegations would have felt somewhat offended by the request or even dismissed the request. But now, every delegation either sent their leader or one or two high-ranking nobles equivalent in status. Even though it was an unscheduled meeting, everyone seemed rather curious about the reason behind the gathering rather than feeling offended. The reason was simple. It wasn’t only the governor present in the sitting room, but King Eugene as well. His presence alone was reason enough for all the delegations to send representatives to the meeting. After all, it was common knowledge that Eugene had left all matters relating to the dukedom to the governor and the parliament, so his presence here had to be for something significant.

“First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who has willingly responded to the sudden, unscheduled invitation,” the governor said.

The foreign nobles straightened their postures before responding.

“Not at all...”

“It must be an important issue, right?”

The nobles gathered in the seating room were people with high status and reputation in their own country. Each of the invited kingdoms...