Yes, you accepted such a position.

Due to the fact that Brittany abused her position as the relative of the House of Orange-Nassau, you, as Anton Blake, get appointed by the new Queen as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Utrecht to the Republic of Florida.

And while you are happy to finally get to go and reside in the Republic of Florida, this also created some problems for you as well. Obviously, you needed to hide outside of the Azure Palace for a while and then reappear later as yourself and you also once again getting pulled into the political intrigue! And this time, on an international level between the two nations!

Lucky for you, the expedition from the Republic of Florida stayed longer to discuss the terms regarding the imports and exports between the two nations and the matter regarding of wanting the city of Alma as the buffer state between their nations. And of course, Elijah written a new letter to Natalie and Eva and invite them to come to New Rotterdam so that they can go to and settle down in Florida with him.

So for two weeks, you lived outside of the Azure Palace in one of the inns and pretend to be just one of the new arrivals from Axeman City until Natalie and Eva arrived. And during this time, you get to witness some of the reforms being implemented such as equality is being granted for everyone regardless of their social ranks.

Of course, this led to discontent among the landowners. But the Royal Government promised them compensations by asking for helps from the League of Merchants to invest in the plots of lands originally inhabited by the serfs and become co-owners of the properties and sharing profits with one another. It will be a while for this new development to work but if it did, it will bring fortunes to the original landowners who have to accept that serfdom is no more within this kingdom and that the former serfs are now their equals, socially and legally, of course.

Among the religious communities, you begin to hear about the comparison being made with the 30th chapter of the Quran called Ar-Rum, aka Chapter of the Romans, and the final plague of the Ten Plagues of Egypt the with the event that happened in Jackson Free State among the Catholics, the Jews and the Muslims within the city in public, showing that the Reformed Church is beginning to open up to hearing what the other religious communities have to say instead of simply just tolerating them.

And just as you expected, Eva arrived with that drone-turned-laptop as well. And a day after they arrived, you boarded one of the steamships that are part of the expedition down south with Elijah and his family, Brittany, Valeria and Rain.

Inside your cabin that you will be staying from now on during the duration of this trip down south, you and Evan get to catch up with the news she learned about the outside world.

"The Book of Daniel and the concept of Third Rome had been exploding in popularity, I see." - You think as you are being introduced to one of the oldest topics in Europe ever since this new world came to be by Eva.

And that topic is about the true successor of the Roman Empire. And in Europe, there are a number of claimants to such position.

In Western Europe, Spain claimed to be the successor of the Roman Empire due to its good relations with the Papal States, which resulted in the Popes to bless the Monarch of Spain with the title of the Emperor of the Romans while in Eastern Europe, the Isaurian Empire claimed to be the revived Roman Empire due to having Istanbul in possession and the Patriarchs of Constantinople have been acknowledging the Isaurian Emperors ever since the Empire's proclamation.

As a result, the Roman Empire that was split on order of Diocletian for easier governance was revived in a way with the Spanish monarchs basically functioned as the Western Roman Emperors while the Isaurian monarchs functioned as Eastern Roman Emperors. And the reason for doing in this is simple. The Book of Daniel stated that the Roman Empire is the last of the four kingdoms according to Saint Jerome. So it is either accepting that someone else is a variation of the Roman Empire or accept that they are now living in the Age of Iron and Clay and that the end times are not that far ahead.

"So in a way, this will theologically preserved the world's order." - You think after you read an old topic about this.

Moving on to other topics, Eva shown you the holographic depictions of the events such as the Bey of Tunis welcomed the diplomats from many nations to celebrate the birthday of his male heir apparent and the announcement in Edinburgh and throughout the rest of the Commonwealth of Nations about the launching of an expedition to explore and reclaim Canada in the name of the British Crown.

"If they are lucky, the expedition launched from what is now an island of Scotland will get to encounter the state that claimed to be the successor of Canada." - You think after you read about the article and the picture that showing such an event.

Suddenly, the stomachs of yours and Eva begin to growl. So you and her decided to put a halt on looking on the updates brought by the spy drones for the time being and headed to the cafeteria to eat some foods.

There, you found that aside from foods related to oatmeal, there are also foods related to cornmeal such as cornbread, corn fritters, spoonbread, hoecake and hushpuppies that are served along with berries, a variety of eggs and yogurts as well. As for the drinks, there are just water and tea for self-serving as usual. However, the cafeteria on this steam-powered vessel also has a soda fountain and a soda jerk too.

So for now, you decided to have some corn fritters, some boiled eggs and a glass of ice cream soda and so does Eva. As for her parents, they are having omelettes with hoecakes.

Soon, you are joined by Miss Williams, Miss Stella and Miss Blue. And they too chose their own dishes related to cornmeal with eggs and ice cream sodas to satisfy their hungers.

And for days and nights, everything remained the same on the three steamships. And because of that, you and your companions will soon be reaching the port of the city of Alma to resupply without an incident.

At least that's what you hope for...