Chapter 685
Even if the Emperor had wanted to endure endless nagging, he simply didn’t have the time for it. After delivering his entrance speech, he returned to the imperial palace, settling into the throne while Charlotte stood by his side.
The ministers gathered before him, each ready to present their reports.
“Your Majesty, we’ve received word that the warp gate in the Human Autonomous Region has been destroyed.”
“... Again?”
The Emperor massaged his temples with both hands in a gesture of utter frustration.
“I don’t want them to starve, but if they keep destroying the warp gate, which is our main channel of providing aid, what do they expect us to do? Transport supplies by carriage? Are they trying to bring about their own downfall?”
“Well... The ones who destroyed the gate were not agents of the government of the Autonomous Region, as usual...”
“It was the citizens, wasn’t it?”
“Yes, Your Majesty...”
The Gate Incident had come to an end, but the fear of warp gates lingered across the continent. People viewed them as ticking time bombs, reminders of past artifacts that had nearly led humanity to extinction.
Given recent history, their fear and anxiety were understandable. These terrified citizens often took it upon themselves to destroy warp gates, not just in the Autonomous Region but everywhere else. It was a widespread issue, and not confined to a single region.
Despite this fear, the benefits of having warp gates were too significant to simply abandon. Consequently, warp gates were now under tighter military protection than they had been in the past.