The red carpet was laid out over the hundred steps leading up to the branch campus of the Central District Academy of Sciences, with golden lion flags surrounding a crown standing tall on both sides. The banners flapped in the cold wind, as crowds of people surrounded the stairs below.
Just as Paul the First had said, he threw a grand victory banquet for Katerina and the Church of Truth, sparing no expense to proclaim his benevolence and generosity to the world, despite everyone knowing that he and Katerina did not get along.
"To kill with a borrowed knife."
As Katerina ascended the steps, she whispered, "Priest, my brother once said these words when he was only 11 years old. Do not lose yourself in his tactics. If we become the so-called heroes of the Kingdom as he has planned, death will not be far behind us."
"I have seen bigger events than this in London."
