For a moment, it was as if the entire continent stood still.
There were all kinds of reactions, with the most pronounced being from those who had been under the effects of the Queen's spell till now.
All of these tens of thousands of individuals looked around with puzzled expressions on their faces, as these past few days were all hazy in their memory.
They tried to recall exactly what had happened, but all they remembered was that an emissary had come, and after he had laid out the advantages of joining Arafell, they had gotten a strong feeling from somewhere that this was the best thing that they could do.
Along with that, they remembered a deep admiration for the Queen, which actually still lingered in many.
Yet, it was nowhere as strong as it had been before.
As for those who had become temporarily enthralled after coming here out of curiosity, they were shocked, as they couldn't believe that someone who was as unreachable as the Queen had hugged the King of Lanthanor.