Dressrosa Royal Palace, inside the grand hall.
King Riku stood with his hands behind his back, pacing by the window. From time to time, he gazed into the distance, his face filled with anxiety and unease.
Scarlett and Violet stood by the window as well, keeping King Riku company. The black-haired girl had her eyes closed as she gave a live verbal report.
"Awesome! Sephiroth injured that dinosaur man's eye the moment they clashed.
But that guy with two swords suddenly joined in..."
Though Violet felt somewhat uncomfortable at the scenes of war and slaughter appearing in her mind, it was not the first time she had seen people die in battle with her clairvoyant ability.
Thus, she was not frightened by the bloody scene. Instead, so that her father and sister could understand the current situation, she conveyed everything she could in words.
"Huh!? ...Wait, what's going on?
Why are so many civilians heading toward the royal palace?
Those are... pirates!!?"
The black-haired girl had been about to shift her attention to the eastern coast and check on Zephyr's battle, when she discovered in great shock that several hundred kingdom civilians were being herded toward the royal palace by over a hundred gun-wielding pirates.
"How did they break through the kingdom's perimeter and reach the central district...?"
At those words, King Riku's brow immediately furrowed. He hurriedly asked:
"What? Pirates broke in? From which direction?"
"Over there!"
Violet pointed outside the grand hall. Worried, King Riku immediately ran out and looked into the distance from the royal palace's elevated position.
Before long, he saw the civilian crowd gathered at the entrance to the plaza before the palace, driven together by weapon-wielding pirates.
A young man dressed as a civilian in rough hemp clothes, holding a standard longsword and sporting