Chapter 77: Empty Fort Strategy
It was a clear day without a speck of cloud, the perfect day to go outside the state.
Heerlein readied to go to war while looking up at the blue sky–northward, the land of darkness.
Please be alive.
They’d missed the golden time due to the complacency of the Imperial court, but Heerlein still wanted to hold onto some kind of hope.
She believed that her friend was still alive out there in that tundra.
She was also to be blamed for Klais going missing. Heerlein had been the one to help Aether enter the school, and she should’ve made it her responsibility throughout the semester to restore the broken relationship with her assistant.
Heerlein shook her head. A sigh escaped her throat.
Time couldn’t be turned back; it was better to move rather than think like this.
The hour had long since passed noon while inspecting the gears. She’d skipped three meals yet wasn’t hungry; she simply didn’t feel like putting food in her mouth.
“Miss Heerlein!”
That was about when she heard a familiar voice, and two students came running toward her.