Pant... pant... pant...
Cough-cough! Cough...
Huurlll...!
Three men lay down on the palace's training ground.
Two with light hair, one with green.
In front of them was a man. A terrifying man with a dark aura stood in the center of the ground. His sword was coated in a black void flame, thickening and flickering as he said, "Get up."
Three men on the ground groaned, but the three of them slowly pushed their bodies to rise.
"Why do I have to get involved in this too?"
One of them, the green-haired man, Callum Zoran, whispered in contempt.
***
[20 minutes ago]
In the dark hallway of the palace, four men stood face by face. Callum stood just half a step behind Sebastian, who was flaming in rage.
In front of them were both Adam Rocinante and Jigen Kairagi. Adam looked extremely hostile, while Kai... looked calm and cold.
"Your Majesty, your anger is justified, but at least, if you're going to blame Knight Rocinante for the Empress' ailment..."