A few days later.
Imperial Council.
The atmosphere was tense in the spacious hall with white walls, a gold-tiled floor, and a ceiling painted with scenes alluding to the great battles of past emperors, where the ministers and advisors who formed part of the imperial council were gathered.
The vast majority of those present were careful with their words and actions as they watched the Emperor with his calm expression as he observed them from his throne. For them, behind the Emperor's inscrutable power and cautious personality lay a depth capable of swallowing up anyone who made a mistake.
At that point, each faction had already presented its position through its representatives.
The bourgeois Seulo Teyirit announced that the neutral faction would provide whatever capital was necessary in the event of a large-scale war.
Folseck Stevenson, the empress's brother and representative of the conservative faction, stated that his faction would support whatever decision the emperor made.
