Chaos erupted among the Empire's finest.
Princess Celestia, Elisha, and Mariella frantically pulled out their magical communication crystals, shouting into them with desperate urgency.
"Commander! Marquis Vance has committed high treason! He hid Inferno Matrices across the capital and activated them!" Celestia ordered her Royal Guards. "Evacuate the Grand Square immediately!"
"They'll explode in less than five minutes! Find the Imperial Mages! Isn't that what the Capital Defense Force is for?!" Elisha screamed into her crystal, contacting the Ravenscroft knights.
"Please! Please believe me, Father! Send the healers to the slums!" Mariella pleaded.
Watching my classmates—who were just emerging from the shock of the ambush—move so desperately… it was painful. Because deep down, anyone with a brain knew the truth.
There was no solution.
Kael, unable to steady his trembling eyes, muttered under his breath, gripping the hilt of his sword until his knuckles turned white.
