Teresa's sudden and alarming comment surprised Candice, as she like most people in the empire was very aware of the situation with the kingdom of Tripia.
She had always been gathering information about it, being in the food trading industry she had to be prepared, but so far, although the bad relations and skirmishes between the two countries were increasing, she had not heard that war would break out soon.
For this reason, the words of her friend surprised her, because if what Teresa said was true, this meant that her information was outdated. Still, she refused to believe it, because Vala was at the forefront of collecting information about the possible war and Candice could not believe that she would miss something so important.
