章 422: Invitations

28th December 1656

The Hofburg Palace, Vienna, the Holy Roman Empire.

A teenage boy with blond hair and blue eyes, carrying an air of nobility, around the age of 15, walked through the hallway of the majestic Hofburg Palace in Vienna, the current political and administrative centre of the Holy Roman Empire.

This boy, the Crown Prince of the Empire, is none other than Leopold I, the son of Ferdinand III the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Leopold, who was supposed to be cheerful and lively at the playful age of 15, had the joy and innocence drained from him due to his status as the next ruler of the great Holy Roman Empire. While he walked through the hallway, his face was grim, with traces of confusion and panic flashing in his eyes from time to time.

'Please hold on, Father,' Leopold said to himself.