"As soon as the 'notification' was issued, the entire Ministry of War was enveloped in a tense atmosphere. The entire department fell silent, whether it was the academic military bureaucrats or the practical soldiers, all understood that a conflict was imminent in Paris and that the whole city might fall into chaos.
Fortunately, thanks to the reorganization by Minister Renio and General Saint Arno, the Ministry of War did not descend into the state of panic from a month ago due to this notification, and the whole department continued to operate in an orderly fashion.
At 8:30 in the morning, the heads and deputy heads of departments and above within the Ministry of War received a notice from Minister Renio that a meeting would be held at 9:30, and all departments were instructed to restrain their members to prevent leaks.
Everyone in the department knew that this was probably the pre-war mobilization of the Ministry of War.
