It was completely different from every previous Promotion Ritual experience.
This time, Iver did not wake up in the midst of intense dizziness, only to find himself suddenly in another place.
His perspective had become an overhead view like that of a camera—and there was even camera movement! In the Banquet Hall of the Silver and Tin Palace, knights in formal attire sat upright on either side of a long table, quietly discussing something.
Iver froze for a moment.
This Promotion Ritual... even has an imported CG this time?... Unlike in the game, however, Iver could no longer press ESC to skip it.
The scene then shifted, and Queen Sofia appeared around the corner. She looked quite frail physically, but her spirits seemed excellent. Her gaze was sharp, and her smile kindly. Whenever a passing knight bowed to her, she smiled and nodded repeatedly in return.
The old Queen used the Avalon Scepter as a cane, shuffling forward unsteadily. The timid and bashful Princess Isabel attended in formal dress, accompanying her Grandmother with some concern. She was as thin as a shadow. Whenever people looked at her, she could not help trembling.
Opposite Queen Sofia stood a young woman with a superb figure, stunning beauty, and an elegant, noble bearing.
She wore a Queen's crown set with amethysts and appeared to be only in her twenties. Only the scarlet pupils of her eyes revealed her identity as a Child of the Moon.
Following closely behind her was a youth who looked no older than eighteen or nineteen.
Their similar appearances made it obvious that he was her son... Yet because his mother looked so young, they appeared more like siblings.
He had short, tousled black hair that had been carefully groomed. His pitch-black eyes resembled black pearls, and his faint