Excitement was often difficult to sustain.
On the rebuilt and widened concrete pier before Impel Down's gates.
After crying her heart out, Louise gradually calmed down under the comfort of her relatives and friends.
"Mother, where's Father?"
"I divorced him."
Karina, who was tightly hugging Masato and fussing over him, answered casually.
Her eldest sister Eleanor and second sister Cattleya shook their heads helplessly.
"Huh?"
Louise froze on the spot, her voice becoming hesitant. "W-Why?"
Karina pursed her lips and snorted. "He didn't want to come to Sea Star with me, so I dumped him."
"That's how it was, Louise."
Her eldest sister Eleanor adjusted the glasses on her nose.
"Earlier, Chairman Joseph decided to establish Magic Knight Orders under the four major associations: Water Spirit, Fire Spirit, Earth Spirit, and Wind Spirit."
"Mother was invited to serve as the captain of the Wind Spirit Magic Knights."
Louise nodded.
She already knew that Karina had once been the captain of the Tristain Kingdom Royal Guard's "Manticore" unit.
She had also been known as Karin of the Gale and was even hailed as the strongest wind-element mage.
However, she had always worn a mask during her service and used the alias "Karin."
Even after retiring, few people knew her true identity.
Mainly because the Royal Guard did not accept female mages.
Having dreamed of becoming a magic knight since childhood, she had had no choice but to disguise herself as a boy.
In any case, Louise's mother was indeed well suited to lead the Wind Spirit Magic Knights.
"But that meant moving to Sea Star, and our father, Duke Ra Vallière, firmly opposed it."
"He believed the Vallière Family's roots lay in the Zero Ancestral World, but I think that's shortsighted and foolish."
"We have every opportunity to make Vallière one