When the Imperial Agent dispatched by His Majesty Zoe arrived at the Aske family mansion, he realized that the place was already empty.
On the train heading west, Aske was idly scrolling through his phone while Nora sat beside him, curiously gazing out the window at the plains.
"Aske?" she turned to ask, "Where are we going?"
While the other girls continued their daily training on Fire Island, it was only Nora and Medea, who heard Aske was leaving Constantinople, that clamored about feeling stifled in the half-plane and wanted to get out and breathe some air on the train.
"Our destination is Stanimaka," Aske replied, still focused on his phone, "a military town located in the central-southern part of the Imperial Thrace Province."
"Are we going treasure hunting?" Nora asked curiously.
"No, we're going to fight a wild map boss," Aske responded as he handed her the phone.
Nora looked at the phone screen, which displayed a news article:
