Time slipped away in a hurry, leaving no trace behind, like dew on a lotus leaf—the instant it fell into the water, it was swift and clean.
Elysia lay on the living room sofa, watching television and following recent international developments.
On the surface, nothing particularly noteworthy seemed to have happened. It was merely that one country's military exercises had become more frequent.
That made the international situation seem rather tense.
This was mainly because the Third Primogenitor had appeared in the outside world, causing concern...
Elysia knew Giada was doing this for her, helping her search for the remaining Kaleid Blood vessels, but no one else knew that.
The three Primogenitors had not shown themselves for many years. Once they appeared... any country would grow nervous, because a single Primogenitor was equivalent to an empire.
If one appeared in a certain country... if they were not careful, the country itself might cease to exist.
Although the incident involving the Nereus Autonomous Government and the Great Desert had not received much coverage, most national powers that had looked into it knew exactly what had happened.
And with the Third Primogenitor appearing frequently in the outside world, the most nervous was the Lighthouse Country. In this world, the Lighthouse Country had not joined the "Sanctuary Treaty" for peaceful coexistence between humans and demons.
At the same time, it had long been embroiled in border disputes with the Third Night Empire.
Fearing that the Third Primogenitor's appearance meant she intended to strike at them, the Lighthouse Country had been holding one military exercise after another during this period.
Besides that, what Elysia cared about more was probably... Asagi Aiba's situation.
Elysia had not even begun to do anything, yet Itogami Island's authorities seemed to have already made a move, preparing to turn