She loved sweets.
Ice Cream was probably the most delicious sweet she had ever tasted.
Of course, perhaps it tasted so good because of the Ice Cream itself, or perhaps because of the person who made it.
The strong were often lonely, especially when they held a lofty position.
Once you stood at the summit, fewer and fewer people could remain by your side.
For her, an Archon, that was all the more true.
It was not that she needed no companionship. Her power and status simply made everyone around her revere and fear her.
Even Archons possessed humanity, and endless loneliness was a form of erosion for them, too.
Legends of the [Shogun's Shadow] had always existed in Inazuma.
The Shogun's Shadow was, as the name implied, the ruler's shadow.
She had to share the ruler's appearance and bearing, and her every word and action had to be identical to the ruler's.
Her duty was to appear in the ruler's place on various occasions.
Naturally, behind Inazuma's supreme ruler, the Raiden Shogun, there was also a Shogun's Shadow.
Of course, the story of the Raiden Shogun and her shadow was not quite so dark.
Where lightning flashed, a shadow would fall.
What many people did not know was that there had been two Electro Archons from the moment of their birth: twin Archons.
The elder sister was named [Baal], and the younger sister was named [Beelzebul].
Of course, they actually preferred their friends to call them by their other names.
The elder sister was [Makoto], and the younger was [Ei].
[Makoto] was a gentle, gracious woman. She was not skilled in combat, but she possessed great wisdom and excelled at governing a nation.
[Ei], meanwhile, was resolute and powerful. Skilled in combat but not in governance, she pursued