Alan Richard was making the final preparations for some ritual in the sealed area beneath the royal capital.
"Hmm? Could someone have discovered this place?"
His senses were beyond those of ordinary people. At this very moment, a group was indeed rapidly descending toward this area!
They were... Uchiha Madara, Estelle, Scherazard, Zin, Tita, Kloe, Olivier, Agate, Professor Russell, and several others!
When they descended to the lowest level of this "sealed area," everyone stood dumbfounded by the sight before them:
What kind of scenery was this?!
It possessed the mystery of an ancient relic. The intricate paths and all manner of mysterious patterns were breathtakingly beautiful! This area surely had not been built recently. Perhaps it truly was a massive ruin built by Liberl Kingdom's ancestors during the Great Collapse 1,200 years ago!
Yet such a ruin lay beneath the royal capital! Even Kloe had known nothing about it!
In all of Liberl Kingdom, the only one who knew of this was Queen Cecilia. But not long ago, someone had informed Richard of this place's existence. That was what gave Richard the idea of reshaping Liberl Kingdom and ultimately launching a coup...
"Why is this... What does this place truly mean to Liberl Kingdom?" Kloe asked in astonishment.
Yet no one could answer her. Even as a princess, she had still studied far too little about Liberl Kingdom as a whole!
"No matter what, we'll stop Richard's scheme and let you and your grandmother face the world again!" Estelle shouted. "Kloe, you can do it!"
Kloe smiled. "Yeah. Even Estelle is so confident—I can't let myself lose to you!"
At that moment, Zin suddenly said, "This sealed area looks enormous. I think we should split into two groups—one to explore, and one to stand by."
Uchiha Madara nodded. "Yes.