Port City sued New Port City days after the Grand Canal Race finished, just as Goldman predicted. The rationale was simply the “unauthorised use of the Grand Canal.” Isaac hired professional lawyers of his own to fight back, but Port City held all rights over the Grand Canal.

The Department of Law declared that New Port City must pay reparations for their crimes. This news brought a sudden end to Cordnell’s smiling, replaced with a withering whimpering. Port City continued to do as Goldman predicted, and they quickly prepared an event of their own using the Grand Canal. Some of the people did pity to Isaac for having his idea stolen from right under him, but most of the public believed that it was justified. There were a few people in Port City who complained about this purely out of lust to see the elves in skimpy outfits, but those voices were quickly silenced soon after.

Isaac seemed to have lost all faith and ambition. Every day, he was seen being carried back to City Hall on Rizzly’s back after drenching himself in booze. Word of Isaac’s recent behaviour quickly spread, plummeting New Port City’s morale while those in Port City made a toast for their bright future.

“Huhuhu. It’s over, all over.”

“Sir Isaac, you shouldn’t act like this here.”

“Shut up! Bring me more booze!”

Isaac was going through another drunken rampage in one of New Port City’s restaurants. All of the restaurant employees looked at Isaac from a distance, unable to do anything.

“Che! That man’s done now.”

“Who cares. Let’s just make the most of it while we can. Who knows when we will we be able to do work like this again.”

The citizens of New Port City whispered to each other after watching Isaac’s broken state. Isaac didn’t seem to care about the gossiping crowd, fi