Chapter 6 - 6: This is the real deal (3)
When the cola epidemic hit the imperial capital, not everyone was happy about it.
The Third Prince Leon was one of them.
He thought the popularity of cola was "bizarre."
Think about it.
The empire had seen many waves of fashion over the years but never before had the empire been so energized by a single beverage.
The popularity of cola had an uncanny tendency to overheat.
In the eyes of the Third Prince, 'mania' didn't even begin to describe it but no one else seemed to find it strange. Everyone was busy singing the praises of Coke.
As if they were 'mesmerized' by it.
The Third Prince then came up with a terrifying hypothesis.
"It's black magic," he thought, "there's no way anyone could fall in love with Coke like this without black magic."
It may have been a wild delusion, but the mood of the empire had become too heated to accept it without some sort of substitute.