Within the capital a sudden change took place that greatly alarmed a certain family in the next few days that passed by.
Within the Estrella families observatory stood the the family head as he observed the stars with a subtle frown on his face. "How strange… something went wrong according to our previous estimations. A large amount of stars perished according to our foreseen calculations but they are not connected to the martial alliance so we did not offer aid or risk exposing our backs while fighting off the unorthodox alliance. Our spies came back and reported that the divine ice sect has perished overnight to a sudden attack from several groups and sects from the unorthodox alliance. As a result many lives were lost and it seems that we have also lost a potential star during that invasion. We originally calculated that one of the stars would join the emperor star and make it stronger but ever since it disappeared from our sights the emperors stars dragon qi has visibly weakened as if it had lost its stability. This happened a little in the past too but it wasn't too noticeable so we did not investigate it. I wonder what is influencing the sudden decrease of the dragon qi. Is it a mistake in our calculations that lead to a loss in gathering a potential supporter for the emperor or is it that it was only a small probability that this person would be able to hold such high influence over the emperors future and let them hold their position for so long? We need to send someone to investigate the remains of the divine ice sect once we know the unorthodox alliance has left the sect after taking everything possible. Then we can begin to make plans on how to secure the northern border and find a way to replace the sect with our own army without becoming a target for the other influences."
Those influenced by Ki's star had been given a certain amount of cover from the Estrella families eyes and calculations so Rayleigh and Lumi were able to escape being influenced by the sudden change and being found by the Estrella family and the royal family.
The more prosperous the capital and the emperor are the better the conditions are for those that practice the starlight qi art within the Estrella family since they are close to the emperor and are influenced by the dragon/emperor qi.
The dragon or emperor star is the most important thing to the Estrella family and the stronger it shines the better the Estrella families good karma is.
If there are signs of another potential dragon star within the world then it would be hunted down before it could even walk on its two legs.
The dragon star would be the next emperor and ruler of the central lands and its people so even if one did not exist then the Estrella family would take measures to support someone with enough potential and try to make their own dragon star and make it grow as strong and bright as possible as a puppet emperor while they eliminated any others that could threaten theirs.
The very idea that another dragon star was out there with the potential to become the emperor was a direct threat to their lives because when a new emperor is born not within their rules and laws so they can shape them then there would be a serious upheaval of the current structure of the world and that is what they feared most.
Although Ki's star couldn't be called a dragon or pheonix star representing an emperor or empress, someone who would hold great influence in the world she had been successful in stealing away the emperors dragon qi and good karma or fortune along with it.
Isaac may have not of been that big of a deal in the long run because the emperor got rid of him by himself in the end and did not heed Isaacs advice during important moments.
His influence wasn't that big on the emperor but there were times when he would assist to clear up mistakes or devise strategies to counter a sudden crisis so he still contributed a little towards the emperors stability for quite some time during his time as the emperor.
Myra or Rayleigh as the snow fairy had a very big influence on the emperors place as the ruler of the central lands because of her overwhelming strength to achieve many impossible missions and to also keep him safe from any sudden plots.
Now that he had lost both his strategist and his best weapon and shield his time as emperor was beginning to become smaller and even his good karma and dragon qi was visibly weaker.
It was so much weaker that it had alerted the Estrella family of the change and they began to mobilise their people to investigate the cause but the only thing that could come back was that it may be related to the divine ice sects demise.
This led them to believe that they had made a miscalculation which resulted in losing an important chess piece to support the next emperor.