Chapter 57, Growing Up in Blood and Fire

The British's changes in foreign policy quickly triggered a chain reaction. The French, in the end, couldn't resist the temptation and accepted the British into the alliance, shifting the pressure onto Austria.

This winter in Vienna was exceptionally cold, and Belvedere Palace had already donned a layer of silver garb before Christmas had even passed.

Stepping on the snow, the crunching sound was still as delightful to see as ever.

Franz, in great spirits, no longer had a headache over the changes in diplomacy. Since the French dared to let the British join the alliance, he also didn't care about having one more troublemaker ally.

The alliance between France and Austria was unstable to begin with, and now with a British person harboring ulterior motives, Franz had already foreseen the collapse of this alliance.