Chapter 72 The Beginning of the Change
today,
For the residents of the royal capital, it was another peaceful day.
The sun is just right,
Birds are singing and flowers are fragrant.
Even the air seemed to smell fresh.
The picture of everything coming alive is right in front of you.
Logically speaking, this day is another day that will not change.
Just like this, the sun rises and sets, and finally returns to darkness, leaving the night to the wandering prodigal.
However, soon, this unchangeable state was broken.
In the business district,
Within the cafe,
Through the large glass windows, people drinking coffee inadvertently looked up at the sky.
Then, his expression froze.
The mutation happened just now when no one expected it.
"This, what is this?"
The man looked at the sky, his mouth wide.
His pupils were full of disbelief, and he was full of doubts about everything he saw.
In his heart, he even wondered if he didn't sleep well last night, so he had hallucinations.
After all, last night, he didn't sleep for an hour until the sun came up.
Then when I wake up, there are piles of work waiting for me.
Under such circumstances, lack of sleep is understandable.
only,
This is not an illusion.
Everything the man witnessed with his eyes was really happening.
Because it wasn't just him, other people saw his strange look and followed his gaze to the sky.
Then - they grew their mouths together.
Bang!
The sound of the coffee cup hitting the ground echoed throughout the silent cafe, making it extremely noisy.
But at this moment, no one paid attention to this, they all stared blankly at the sky.
"W-what on earth is this!?"
Someone couldn't help shouting.
The reality they saw with their eyes was so horrifying.
…
Outside the cafe, more people noticed the changes.
Pedestrians on the road stopped, and women in professional uniforms also stopped.
They collectively looked up at the sky blankly, forgetting what they were going to do next.
Just staring blankly, for a moment, it seemed that even his own will was interrupted.
It wasn't until about two minutes passed that anyone reacted.
"There is a hole in the sky..."
Someone stood among the crowd and murmured.
His voice also woke others around him.
Immediately, the street became extremely noisy.
Various voices kept ringing, and everyone fell into unprecedented panic.
this,
It's a mutation.
Since the founding of the empire, there has never been a change like this.
Under everyone's gaze, above the sky, where white clouds were originally floating freely in mid-air, a dark hole suddenly appeared there, as if like a black hole outside the empire, attracting all people's attention.
【Alert alert! 】
[An unknown change has occurred. Residents are asked to return to their residences immediately and do not go out unless necessary. 】
The broadcast robot responsible for conveying the empire's information shuttled through the streets and alleys, constantly announcing the empire's orders.
But in this chaotic situation, no one paid any attention to the robot's words.
In addition to panic, there is also confusion caused by panic.
"Ah, who is touching me!"
"My wallet is missing!"
"Asshole, that jerk is whipping my belt?"
Among the crowd, exclamations came one after another.
Civilians have never had the experience to deal with this kind of situation.
Complete loss of control is only a matter of time.
To control this situation, the only way for the empire to act like lightning is to let the army suppress it and calm the chaos in people's hearts.
However, at this time, the empire had too much to take care of itself.
They were no less frightened than people about the black hole in the sky, or even far more frightened than they were.
After all, this was a mutation that had escaped all intelligence networks and monitoring agencies of the empire and appeared in the sky without any warning.
This is a change that exceeds the understanding of the empire!
In order to cope with this change, all research institutions in the entire empire are now busy.
"Mutation?"
In the palace, in the gorgeous room, Noya looked up at the black hole outside the window and pursed his lips slightly.
"Hopefully, this won't have any impact on our plans."
"Under such circumstances, people's hearts are wandering, and some unforeseen changes may occur."
Noya tapped her fingers gently on the window sill.
A white dove flew outside her window, leaving a note that landed lightly on the window.
"Arno's letter..."
Noya frowned and glanced across the tissue paper.
Then, she felt more relaxed and stopped thinking about other things.
There are only two words written on the paper.
【Don’t worry. 】
These two words have magical power, which makes Noya feel at ease.
"Is this situation also what you expected?"
Noya felt a little curious.
"What exactly are you from?"
The surprise that the skeleton that she had almost stewed gave her far exceeded her imagination.
"Now that I've said that."
"Then I'll look forward to it a little."
Noya smiled lightly and closed the curtains.
It was noon, time to go to bed.
When Noya closed his eyes, the Imperial Round Table was discussing heatedly.
"Damn it! Are the intelligence departments just for show? Didn't they notice this important situation at all?"
A nobleman with no real power stood up and shouted loudly.
Others looked at this nobleman with a dead look.
Who doesn't know that the intelligence department of the capital has been completely controlled by the queen at this time?
As a conservative noble, he actually fired at the intelligence department at this time, which was extremely stupid.
"Be quiet."
"The intelligence department is now leaderless, so it is understandable that they can't get this kind of information."
An old man with a white beard stood up to stop the noble's words, and turned to look at another person across the round table.
"Rather, it's more strange that the defense department didn't take any precautions at this time?"
"Shouldn't everything in the capital be under your control?"
"Why didn't you take any action this time?"
The person the old man accused was the leader of the Empire's defense organization.
This was a middle-aged man with a delicate appearance and a weak expression. He didn't look like a powerful leader of a department that held the power of fighting.
Compared with him, the old man looked much more energetic, and the whole person was not full of vitality like his age.
"Don't say it's our fault, okay?"
"The responsibility for air security should be the army's. We are only responsible for the ground forces."
Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to another group of people on one side of the round table.
This group of people had their eyes closed from the beginning, and did not participate in the quarrel between the reformists and the conservatives.