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Blacksmith – Part 05

“It will hold for another year, at most.” Justina glanced around the room. “According to classified documents left behind by the first Housman, the Sacred Sword maintaining the seal will reach its limit in about a year. That’s just an estimate, of course. The exact date was recorded, but how accurate it is remains unclear. The seal could hold longer, or it could fail sooner.”

This meeting of three nations and one city—known as the Valbanill Conference—was convened to prepare for that very day.

The first Housman, who laid the foundations of the Independent Trade City during the great war, was highly respected, both locally and abroad. His work on free trade and Prayer Pacts helped shape the continent’s post-war development, and his independent research into the continent’s history was widely regarded as credible.

The Sacred Sword and Valbanill. The records that shook the continent had been thoroughly studied, and since then,