"The Emperor is participating?!"
"Admiral, you can't lose out now, can you?"
"Sigh."
Admiral Julius Schneider closed his eyes for a moment.
After the news spread across the Zyphran Dominion that Aetherion's Emperor, Franz Barielle Aetherion, would personally participate in the expedition, all hell broke loose.
To begin with, the power struggle within Aetherion was already common knowledge. It was only being held at bay through constant suppression. Those seeking to tear down the crown were being restrained by force, backed by a bloc of lower nobility operating under Vanitas's control.
As a result, Vanitas had naturally become an enemy of the High Council. And with Franz openly enabling him, allowing him to act as pleased, the Emperor himself faced mounting criticism.
The prevailing conclusion was simple.
