Marshal Julian looked incredulous because now even he was starting to wonder if he had somehow committed accidental treason, judging by the way everyone was staring at him.
But thankfully, the cadets saved him from overthinking by shifting the discussion back to the central issue: spiritual energy.
It was then that he realized, oh no, he did know a bit about it.
But what did that have to do with breakthroughs?
Apparently, everything.
"So the dwindling spiritual energy was really the source of the problem?" Emperor Xavian asked, his tone heavy. He had been monitoring this phenomenon for a long time, as his predecessors had warned him to.
Luca and Xavier both nodded. And if not for Luca's calm, peaceful expression, the look of despair on everyone else's faces might have been mistaken for the aftermath of terrible news.
But this wasn't terrible news.
In fact, nothing could have been farther from the truth.
