Three months later...
It was late afternoon in the east of the Black Plain Empire when a Sea Folk's ship appeared on the horizon from the capital of the Snow area.
At the sight of the ship bringing the emperor and his family back to their state, the soldiers of the Black Plain Army immediately rang the local bells, alerting the forces in that city to the moment they had been waiting for the past few months.
Minos had sent word of when they would arrive from their long journey. As such, there were several people who wanted to see him again in the city run by the Snow family.
As it was snowing locally, the members of the leading family in the area rushed to the local harbor, happy but without any hope of getting a chance to speak to Minos.
At that moment, demigods from the imperial army, Spiritual Sages from allied states, and subordinate forces were waiting for Minos in the city, and even mid-level demigods were there.