Prologue: The Current State of the Restoration

The morning after the golem attack, in a room of the guest house the Restoration was using in the Galarc Kingdom...

“Hmm...”

Gustav Huguenot, a leading noble of the Beltrum Kingdom, glared at the document in his right hand with a listless look. He was seated in an office chair and checking the financial report of the Restoration.

After losing their headquarters in Rodania, the Restoration was in a precarious situation. Only a few hundred members of the organization had evacuated when the Beltrum army led by Duke Arbor’s faction had attacked Rodania, and the majority of those members were women and children—only a few officials and soldiers had made it out with them.

As they had evacuated with only the clothes on their backs, most of the Restoration’s fortune had also been left behind in Rodania. The only assets they had were intangible things like personnel and intellectual property.

The current income of the Restoration was entirely reliant on Celia: She was donating the profits from her presentations of the sorcery knowledge she possessed to Christina. Without that, they would have been lodging in the Galarc Kingdom without compensation.

This isn’t good...

They were barely maintaining the appearance of an organization; they lacked the income to reliably continue supporting several hundred members.

If this situation drags on, the members will lose morale. We need something to remind them of our momentum and justification.

If possible, it would be something too impactful to argue against. Some good news would be most welcome.

Declaring Princess Christina’s