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Why?
He knew it was a dream.
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Even so, he answered exactly as he had the first time, one word at a time, with infinite tenderness and solemnity.
“Because Jasper was made to keep Celeste close.”
Because Jasper…
Loved Celeste more than anyone.
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty…”
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Deep within the Imperial palace, Emperor Alexis Mulholland trembled violently and jolted awake from the endless dream. A wet gleam lingered in his emerald eyes.
“Your Majesty…”
Lady Seraphina Blackwell stood beside the bed in a white ceremonial robe embroidered with cranes, watching the man she had just awakened with unmistakable concern.
Several strands of hair had fallen loose over her forehead. The disorder gave her a different kind of beauty…
The same flawless, distant coldness as that other woman.
“Did you stop them?”
Alexis forced his ragged breathing under control. His gaze on Seraphina was equally intent, but his concern was for the situation, not for the woman herself.
Whenever he lost consciousness, he remained asleep for days. Each time he woke, he had only a limited window before the darkness claimed him again.
He needed a pair of eyes.
Seraphina…
Was those eyes.
“I’m sorry.”
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Seraphina dropped to her knees beside the bed and pressed her forehead to the floor in the old Blackwell manner.
“I failed in my duty. I wasn’t able to-”
“Get up.”
Alexis cut her off before she could finish.
“This isn’t your fault.”
Seraphina raised her head but did not stand. She caught her lower lip lightly between her teeth.
“What should I do now…?”
“Keep applying pressure.”
“Yes…”
Alexis began coughing violently again. Seraphina hurried to her feet, patted his back, and ordered a servant to bring him warm water.
“Did you dream of her again?” she asked.
“Yes.”
Seraphina fell silent.
Only after a long moment did she speak again, her voice low.
“That wasn’t your fault either…”
Alexis had answered almost every question she asked lately.
This time, his silence was the answer.
It was his fault.
All of it was his fault.
News that Julian’s group intended to enter the Central Star Region had barely broken when war erupted at the border again.
As though determined to prevent military intervention in the region, the three royal insectoids returned with Caitlyn Monarch. Even the Calamity Swarm, which had suffered enormous losses before, had been replenished.
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Unlike their humiliating retreat in the previous battle, the recovered royals arrived in full force. Their offensive drove Orion, Harper, and Atlas onto the battlefield together.
Even Caleb Hayes, who had been concealing his true strength, finally received a chance to fight and sharpen himself.
“ROAR!”
The Blazingwing Gold Scorpion raged at the six–winged Tempest Eagle facing it.
The eagle’s body stretched long and sleek like a dragon, while its neck curved with the grace of a serpent. Three tall feathered crests crowned its head, and six sky–blue wings carried it upon the wind.
It was the messenger of the storm. Among all 3S–class spirit forms, it alone had completed advancement and evolution at the same time.
Without Ruin’s spatial abilities, even Ruin could not match its speed.
The result was almost insulting.
The Blazingwing Gold Scorpion successfully vanished. It genuinely attacked the Tempest Eagle too. Unfortunately, the eagle had taken evasion to the absolute limit and kited the scorpion until the royal insectoid nearly went numb.
Dragonlord beat the Giant–Jawed Stag Beetle like a stray dog.
Other than its spinning–jaw attack, its absurdly short reach left it with almost no way to fight back.
It was not that the beetle did not want to trade opponents with the Demonflower Blood Mantis.
But did it truly believe the mantis’s wolf was any easier?
Silent Night had dominated battlefields for more than two centuries. Calling it a veteran among veterans would have been an understatement.
After its latest evolution, it was the only one of the three spirit forms capable of meeting the enemy head–on.
One scythe came down.
One claw struck back.
With Eleanor Hart supporting it, Silent Night feared nothing.
Caleb could not stop the Blazingwing Gold Scorpion alone.
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