Time passed steadily for a while.
Shortly after my failed execution, the emperor made an announcement regarding the Demons and how the empire would immediately begin preparations to fight.
The secret had already made itself known, and after that event, there was no use hiding it.
Though, since Lucretia mentioned the original plan was to transport a few Demons anyway, I suspected she was already intending to reveal their existence regardless and prepare for war.
If they were really dangerous, the empire likely had no choice, after all.
In any case, as planned, the other three had returned Lucretia to the Imperial Palace roughly a week after the kidnapping, soon releasing a statement that claimed she was indeed taken by me, who was working alongside the Demons.
At which point, naturally, their enthusiasm to 'get back' at the Demons was amplified manifold.
