I stood in silence, my eyes slowly adjusting to the vast hall around me. The first thing I noticed was the stillness inside me, my domain had flickered out on its own, Right to Insight had gone quiet, and even the steady hum of the generator core, something that had never failed before, had fallen silent.
It felt unnatural, as if this place rejected every tool and power I carried.
Directly ahead, I saw three rows of chairs.
Six stood in the first row.
Behind them, on a raised platform, five more formed the second row.
And at the very back, on the highest platform, there was only a single chair, set apart from the rest.
Twelve chairs in total.
They were empty at first, gleaming faintly under the white glow of the marble floor.
I turned, scanning the hall.
It reminded me of the throne hall in the main castle, but there was no trace of the charred ruin I had seen before.
