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Unrest in the Land of the Dwarves – Part 01

While the Four Eastern Stars grumbled about the humidity in the forest, snow fell over the imperial capital of G. Quinbrand in the far northeastern Quinbrand Empire. Clouds dimmed the city, and the light from the windows alone wasn’t enough to read by. As such, even during the day, the chandelier in this opulent room was on, powered by sorcery that consumed a considerable amount of elemental magic stones.

The room’s occupant paid no mind to such expenses. He never had. He was a Man Gnome, a long-lived, short-statured race. Though he looked young, he was actually over seventy years old.

As Emperor Kagurai G. Quinbrand flipped through a stack of documents, an attendant entered to announce a visitor: an elderly Man Gnome accompanied by four bodyguards. Unlike Kagurai, this Man Gnome was genuinely old, likely nearing or exceeding two hundred years of age.

Kagurai caught the brief flicker