Elie, the granddaughter of Crossbell's Speaker, had made enormous contributions alongside Lloyd in saving Crossbell under the name of the Crossbell Police Department's Special Support Section.
Yet she had always been deeply conflicted.
Should she continue on this path, or enter the political arena and become a politician?
Which identity would better save Crossbell—the police officer's, or the politician's? Which one could better save the world Elie loved?
She was a young lady of high standing, but she was not a spoiled and willful one. On the contrary, her heart had always been with the people of Crossbell, with this disaster-stricken land of Crossbell.
And now, she had arrived at the gates of Crossbell City.
"Crossbell... I'm... back?"
Elie's eyes welled up. Not long ago, she and Lloyd had clearly been on the highest floor of Crossbell—the Orchid Tower—facing off against Mayor Dieter, an uncle she had been close to. The reason was that Dieter had actually declared himself president and used three unfair, gigantic humanoid weapons to turn Crossbell into a place of extreme terror.
Although Dieter's original intention had only been to free Crossbell from the gap between the Erebonian Empire and the Calvard Republic, Crossbell's strength was nowhere near enough to compare with either the Empire or the Republic. So Dieter had resorted to unfair means—namely, KeA.
When KeA had been taken hostage by Dieter and his daughter, Mariabell, Elie had known that no matter what, she could only confront this father and daughter whom she had known since childhood.
But now, as she stood once again at the gates of this city, Lloyd and the others were no longer by her side. Could it be... that Elie was being made to choose her fate alone once more?
If that was the case, would Elie still choose