The Fenris administrators were busier than ever. With the territory now significantly larger, the workload had grown proportionally.

Many administrators, led by Claude, moved to the newly acquired Desmond territory. Before arriving, Claude had briefly thought, "Wouldn’t dying be better than being buried in work?" But once he stepped foot into the Desmond lands, he was overcome with a sense of nostalgia.

"To think all of this is truly ours now. I never imagined this day would come."

His reaction was far more subdued compared to when Fenris had conquered the Kavaldi region. Back then, he had celebrated wildly, so …