[Darkoina Continent....
.....Melisande Palace]
The moonlight stretched within the horizon, illuminating the castle of the largest neutral faction of the Darkoina Empire.
The house, which was always filled with a brick or tense atmosphere, was now beaming with happiness.
And why shouldn't it be?
The lady of the house, who had been missing for over a decade, is finally back home.
Ember, the headmaster of the Darkoina Academy, hugged her daughter tightly.
"My daughter, you don't know how much I have missed you," she whispered, her voice filled with emotion.
Even though she was now at the later stage of ascension level and had gone through a lot, she still couldn't hold back her tears.
Her sapphire hair flowed behind her as she abruptly stepped back.
"You aren't injured anywhere, right?" she asked, checking her body thoroughly. "There isn't any problem—."