On his way into the Imperial Palace, after encountering Tobias and having him point out that he was Duke Sterling, Elliot had been thinking about one thing:
What could he do against these people who could foresee the future?
They seemed to know everything about him. However secretly he did something, they could mention it offhand.
The Royal Family was no weaker than any one of the Seven Holy Bloodlines, but if the remaining five joined forces, even the Royal Family and the Sterling Family together could not defeat them.
With greater power and insight into the future on the other side, Elliot had no chance of winning at all.
That was how it should have been.
But Elliot thought of another organization-the Hollow Cathedral.
They were just as powerful and just as familiar with history, yet both Lillian and Phoenix had suffered setbacks at Elliot's hands.
This was mainly due to the power of the Difference Engine, but another contributing factor could not be overlooked.
Everything that had happened in the Sea of the Moon had exceeded their expectations.
Yes, the struggle for authority over [Honey], and the developments that followed, had broken completely free of history's predetermined course.
And what had been the root of all this?
Elliot had thought about this, but the conclusion he reached was somewhat absurd.
It was Dorothea's choice of talent that time: instead of choosing to turn into a crow, she had chosen [Radiance].
She had not turned into a crow, so she had not taken the medicine her father brought in the form of a member of the Feather-Born Species. Elsa, a member of the Human Species, had died after taking it.
Elsa's death had led Elliot to try to resurrect her spirit body in the Sea of the Moon, only