On the morning after Prince Colin's departure, the entire Holy City was steeped in a subtle unrest composed of both anticipation and uncertainty.
Not because of Prince Colin.
Not entirely because of the Holy Temple Knight Order.
But because of a suddenly popular novel—"The Odyssey of Baron Kosia."
The citizens of the Holy City had never encountered such an intriguing "farming literature," and it also mixed in the love and hate among nobles that they usually couldn't touch. They eagerly awaited the next chapter, yet feared it would end at the most exciting part, just like before.
When the newsboys delivered the fresh issue of the "New World Newspaper," still smelling of ink, to every corner of the Holy City, it was snatched up in an instant by the eagerly awaiting citizens.
Their fervor resembled those suffering a nicotine fit.
