The Archduke's words left a bitter taste in Valoria's mouth, causing her heart to ache.
More specifically, it was his words regarding the state of the empire and how she had lost her way that struck her the hardest.
Pressing her lips together, she sighed softly. 'Are things really that bad? Have I unknowingly fallen under someone else's control...?'
But just as those thoughts passed through her mind, her body suddenly froze. A strange, unknown fog rolled over her consciousness, and the thoughts that had just appeared were instantly erased completely by that mysterious haze.
It was a tragedy, a deadly one, yet the Empress herself was completely blind to it and had no idea that something like this was happening to her unknowingly.
