The end of the Holy Knight era did not bring the results the clergy had hoped for, namely a complete return to normalcy. Or to be more accurate, the situation became worse than during the Holy Knight era.
Gray had almost completely lost the support of the Lion King City residents, but the residents of White City continued to support him, even more so than before.
Ever since the Battle of White City, the people of the Beisher Duchy had looked down on the residents of Lion King City, with an attitude of "if you oppose it, I will support it."
"You are our Beisher Duchy's Holy Knight! We will always support you! To hell with Lion King City! They are a bunch of ungrateful fools!"
"Holy Knight, when are we going to fight Lion King City? I've already prepared my two sons to join the army and fight for you!"
"Long live the Holy Knight!"
"When will our Duke Beisher declare himself king? Clergy? Ha, who needs their confirmation?"
