Preparations for the tea party had begun a week early, and today it was finally time. Different nobles and other important people started to appear in the imperial castle and got seated.
Today was an important event. It was the first time Emperor Kaiden and his two new companion candidates would show up at the same place.
People were interested to see whom he favored among them…
But that was not all.
The rumor that Emperor Kaiden had ignored the change in prophecy and remained with his former companion was also running rampant, and people felt curious to know more.
News from the Imperial Castle was tightly controlled these days, and not a lot of it slipped out for other people to know. This made things hard for nobles to predict. It also hindered them from choosing a future side.
But today, after a long wait, they would finally be able to see what was going on.
