"Vermillion Bird! Why…! Why are you not helping me— AAAAGH!"
Mikoto screamed, unable to summon the flames that could heal him. She looked around in terror.
Her entire life had been filled with her family's disdain and the cruelty of the Yamato palace, yet she had always been spoiled despite it all. She had lived a privileged life, bonded to the Vermillion Bird since birth. The powerful Grievance granted her immense power and near immortality.
Now she faced a foe she could not overcome—someone who delighted in her suffering and had trapped her in an endless hell.
While trying to heal her brother, she wondered what had gone wrong. The rumors about the Mad Prince had not been that terrible. She had exaggerated them just to attack him. Why had she wanted to see him suffer? Why had she provoked him?
