Preparation (3)

While Isaac was receiving guests in his own territory, the Imperial Palace was also welcoming distinguished guests with all due courtesy.

Most of those who visited Maishall territory directly without passing through the capital were commoners, artists, or nobles of count rank and below.

Those of higher rank generally held important offices in their countries, so the country they intended to visit would send them an official invitation.

They could visit unofficially, of course, but if an accident happened for no reason, it could deal a serious diplomatic blow, so such visits were discouraged.

In particular, since the Minerva Empire and the Kingdom of Ters were practically mortal enemies, even minor visits had to go through complicated procedures.

At present, the Kingdom of Ters had originally planned to hold the exhibition in its own capital, but had handed over the hosting rights to the Minerva Empire as though dumping the responsibility on them.

The Minerva Empire had never intended to hold it and had merely been making a pitch, but after suddenly receiving it, it began spending its days frantically busy.

To hold the exhibition successfully within the slightly more than fifteen days available, nobles holding high office worked late into the night day after day, and the Imperial Palace was no exception.

People might think that royals such as the Crown Prince and Princess did not work, but that was not true at all. If anything, the opposite was true.

The Empire had learned from history that the moment a monarch neglected state affairs and turned his attention elsewhere, the country would fall...