Another six months passed in the blink of an eye...
After Grant's passage through Dry City earlier, he returned to the Western Empire with the answers Henry Quinn wanted from Minos.
He had promised to return in a few years to follow closely the final stretch of Minos' preparation to investigate the North Sea. Still, for now, he would stay in the Western Empire.
Minos had seen no problem with this and had left his doors open for this man to return.
After Grant's departure, the empire had lived this short period in absolute peace, with minor problems compared to those that threatened to hit them in the future.
The migrations of people from high-level empires continued, and the arrival of more and more Spiritual Saints in this region increased the demand for products, competition, and some minor conflicts.
But none of this was worrying enough to disturb the life of the imperial family of this state, which had been progressively improving.
