"It wasn't a trap, no, but open hostilities started not long after. Multiple military offensives, including an attack and assassination attempt on a neighboring nation's head of state, that culminated in an all-out attack on Aqures Ixen herself. We managed to save the city, thanks to a sympathizer on the inside. The Emporer's son. I, myself, was part of a team that infiltrated an enemy airship, took control and fired upon the Empire's flagship. Tensions were so high that they began firing on each other." Ashelia seems proud, but not overly so.

That had been an extremely stressful day.

"The Heran Empire was more connected to goings on than we'd thought initially. The Emperor, Garland, was the Guardian of the Cycle."