Steel, Explosives, and Spellcasters-Chapter 544 - 100 Dance Party_4

Chapter 544: Chapter 100 Dance Party_4 Chapter 544: Chapter 100 Dance Party_4 “I’m not going!” Anna sobbed, kicking the vanity in disarray.

Catherine was at her wit’s end, she said helplessly, “Alright, alright, it’s all my fault. You’re a good person, Mr. M is a good person; I’m the only bad person. Mr. M must be thinking of you day and night, his soul not at rest, just wanting to fly back to your side. And he’s absolutely faithful, even if surrounded by a dozen flirty Paratu girls vying for his attention, he remains unmoved and resists temptation.”

“You are really annoying!” Anna laughed through her tears, “Where did you learn to talk like that? Which… little… where did you pick up such language?!”

“That’s how men talk.” Catherine snorted lightly, “You think they’re all saints?”

“These letters were written by Mr. M in Tanyria.” Anna still blushed when she mentioned her lover’s name, so she always referred to him as Mr. M, “He didn’t have the chance to give them to me before he was taken to Paratu.”

“Is that so?” Catherine’s eyes gleamed craftily, “Then I must take a good look.”

Anna’s face flushed, and she quickly reached out to snatch the letters, but Catherine wouldn’t give them up.

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The two of them scuffled from the vanity to the bed.

“Ah, having a Mr. M is quite nice.” Catherine exhaled like an orchid, and leaning into Anna’s ear, she gently bit her sister’s earlobe, “Before you met him, I really thought you liked women!”

Anna screamed and swung her fists randomly, pushing her toward the edge of the bed.

Catherine cried out in a low voice, trying hard to grasp the bedspread, but she was still forcefully pushed off the bed.

The next second, she climbed back up, undaunted, and lunged at her sister with a big laugh, “Let me see, who is this pure-hearted?”

The sisters tussled for a while, then reconciled as before.

“The Morlock family’s ball, are you going?” Catherine elbowed her sister in the waist.

“I’m not.”

“Come on, come on, come on…” Catherine hugged her sister, beginning to wheedle and cajole.

Anna shook her head gently, “I’m not in the mood.”

“Ah, well.” Catherine finally gave up, with a sigh of lamentation, “I won’t go either.”

“Why wouldn’t you go?”

“If you’re not going, I don’t want to go either.” Catherine said sternly, “Got to leave some room for other ladies to shine, right?”

Suddenly, a series of footsteps came from the corridor.

The owner of the footsteps stumbled along, carrying great sorrow and urgency.

Anna and Catherine exchanged glances and quickly climbed off the bed.

Elizabeth burst through the door, holding a stack of blood-stained letters, nearly unable to stand.

Anna’s heart constricted as if wrapped by vines.

“Don’t say it…” She stepped back in horror, shaking her hands repeatedly, her voice carrying a sob, “Don’t…”

Elizabeth embraced Anna, breaking down into sobs, “My brother, he’s gone…”

Anna’s vision darkened, and she fainted, collapsing to the floor with a thud.

Similar scenes were unfolding everywhere in Sea Blue.

The tragic news was brought back from Kingsfort by Vineta’s chief advisor on a flying horse, then spread quickly through the military channels.

Everyone was desperate to know the situation of their own children.

Unfortunate families’ cries shook the heavens, and even those who were fortunate felt a shared sense of grief.

Kosha collapsed in Marita’s arms, unable to stop crying.

Antonio was still on the islands, unaware of this terrible news.

Marita Momma, who had taken care of three generations of the Da Granashi Family, patted Korsa’s back gently, as if soothing a baby.

“Poor little master,” Momma’s tears couldn’t stop flowing. “Poor miss.”

…

Kingsfort had just undergone a massacre, and the stench of blood in the streets had not yet dissipated.

The massacre had started with an accidental assassination attempt.

It was considered accidental because no one had intended to take Alpad’s life on the spot.

Initially, they had simply wanted to capture Alpad and the leadership of the Blue Blood Faction in one fell swoop—by arresting them.

Why resort to assassination when the state has far better means of killing?

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But the situation got out of control, and three people died, including [Alpad Kleinheisler]. The real target, [Alpad Duyome], managed to escape.

The failed assassination was the catalyst for violence that quickly escalated beyond containment.

The Blue Blood Faction’s counterattack was ferocious; before the Kingsfort authorities could arrest them, they had already arrived at their doors with swords and private armies.

Thirty years of grudges exploded in an instant, unleashing a destructive force that far exceeded even the worst nightmares of the instigators.

The great hall of deliberations nearly turned into a slaughterhouse as the two factions, blinded by bloodlust, hunted each other down in the city, searching house by house for ‘traitors’.

Opportunists stirred the pot in the chaos; thugs took advantage of the situation to rob, set fires, rape, and commit all manner of crimes.

Kingsfort was shrouded in thick smoke, and the fire brigade dared not go out to extinguish the fires.

Innocent citizens hid in their homes, trembling, desperately praying for all of this to end quickly.

It took the decisive intervention of Sekler, leading the garrison to quell the unrest and implementing martial law and military control in Kingsfort, for the situation to gradually calm down.

However, during this melee, the army headquarters firmly sided with the Blue Blood Faction.

In the eyes of the officer corps, Sekler’s actions were tantamount to betraying the army to the great council.

Most of the officers from the army headquarters joined the remaining members of the Blue Blood Faction to launch a counterattack out of the city and rallied to General Alpad.

The remaining officers were a mixed bunch, each with their own reasons.

Some had always been at odds with the Blue Blood Faction, others were ambitious, some were loyal to Sekler, and still others simply stayed because their families were in Kingsfort.

Meanwhile, at Shuangqiao Main Camp, Alpad, crying “We’ve been betrayed,” charged through the gates and in no time had taken back command of the army.

The “special envoy of the great council” was promptly executed publicly, and Alpad sent the envoy’s head and a letter.

It was a declaration of war.

…

Besides the notification of the death of young Vineta officers, Vineta’s chief advisor in Kingsfort, [Turanio], had just received even worse news.

Ignoring the guards’ attempts to stop him, Turanio barged into the Speaker’s office, slamming a document furiously onto the desk.

“What is the meaning of this?” the chief advisor asked, holding back his anger. “Mr. Grof!”

The former Speaker [Alpad Kleinheisler] was dead, and the new Speaker [Grof Magnus] turned around, smiling as he replied, “It means exactly what it says.”

“I’m asking about your literal meaning!” Turanio roared. “What do you mean by ‘won’t pay it back’? Do you want to provoke Vineta at a time like this?”

“The great council has declared the Republic’s financial bankruptcy, existing assets will be prioritized for domestic debt repayment, and Vineta’s debts will be restructured. Illegal loans signed by the last session of the great council, this session will not recognize even a penny of them.” Grof gradually withdrew his smile, fixing his gaze on the chief advisor’s eyes, and responding word by word, “Won’t pay it back, means we won’t pay it back!”