"She claims to be the spy who made a deal directly with his imperial majesty himself!"
Etaria's face tensed up.
A series of thoughts flashed through her mind, as if a single strain of her consciousness streaked across the synapses in her brain, connecting the dots and following the logical causality of all that this report implied.
'She?'
Etaria's only took as much time as it took her to blink her eyes.
"Bring her in."
'Is this a trap? But who would be insane enough to go for a supreme and a swordmaster?'
'So it's not that kid after all.'
'But what would make that elusive spy come out in the open? Is she trying to escape from the battle?'
The officer bearing the colors of one of the two loyalists within the imperial faction bowed his head and turned around, rushing to fulfill the command.
Left to her own thoughts, Etaria looked over, all the way across the field.
