A Hidden Shadow
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Neither the request of the empire's neighboring diplomats nor the golden letter's arrival particularly shocked Emilia.
The Commonwealth of Red Dusk had long since been eying the territory of their empire, and it was no secret to anyone. As far as they were concerned, everything that now belonged to the empire was already theirs, and it was only a matter of when they claimed ownership of it that was in question.
In fact, the only reason they hadn't already done so was because they wrongly believed that Blue Dawn would continue getting weaker and weaker, meaning they would need even less effort to take over in the future.
Of course, now that they realized their fatal mistake, trying to swallow this piece of meat that was already supposed to be in their throat seemed to appear more and more difficult with every passing second.
As for what they planned to achieve by meeting her… even Emilia had no idea.