She's Always the Same

Midnight at the Cardenos estate.

On the lord's desk, the communication stone flashed without pause.

It was a report from an informant planted in the Imperial Capital.

"……."

"……."

Valdemar and Selena. The knights standing beside her kept silent.

The secret pact announced by the Empress, and Lucia's sudden act of tearing it up.

The Empress's declaration of high treason, and the pair's escape.

Shocking news kept pouring in, yet not a single raised voice broke the silence in the study.

Instead, a suffocating silence settled over the room...