Asou Haruka stood in the wind, staring blankly at the message on her phone.
She regretted not asking someone else to cover her shift and choosing to stay there herself instead.
She couldn't help but think this way.
Just moments ago, all the high-ranking officials of the Five Kingdoms had received a message that Luennolay was under attack. They demanded all the Magic Girl Mechanism units stationed within the kingdom take immediate lockdown measures, guard their posts, and prevent the enemy from acting elsewhere as a diversion.
This almost plainly told her the reason why Emerald Sparrow previously hung up on her: the situation over there in the kingdom was dire, more serious than imagined.
This made her recall twenty years ago, remembering herself who didn't join the kingdom's army because she thought it had nothing to do with her, and could only watch two friends struggle in a brutal war, returning last in an unfamiliar state.
