In the hours that followed Emilia's conference, the elven capital went from the tense calm of a people who had just witnessed a coup d'état to absolute chaos that expanded with each passing minute.
The population was in total uncertainty.
The elves who had heard the speech didn't know what to think.
The dissolution of the council was already difficult to digest on its own, but the presentation of a human as the queen's husband and new ruler of the kingdom was what finally broke any appearance of stability.
After the conference, rumors spread throughout the capital before the sun finished setting.
Some screamed that the queen had lost her mind, while others insisted that a human had her under a mind control spell.
There were also those who accused Emilia of being the one who orchestrated the coup d'état and, in the chaos, it wasn't long before the rumor spread that the kingdom was being invaded from within.
