"Where is Victoria?"
Clara's voice came from within his mind. The tremor in it alone made it clear that she was a little nervous too.
Simon immediately pointed her out with a free jointed limb.
Clara's Third-Person Perspective covered a wide area, and she could activate [Rationality] and [Spirit Vision] simultaneously. It did not take her long to find Victoria inside [Amber].
She observed her for a moment before nodding and saying, "No abnormalities detected!"
Dorothea quickly relayed her words to the people aboard the Dawn.
Although this operation had been rushed, they had still drawn up a complete plan.
Using the Dawn as their base, they approached the Imperial Palace, with Simon conducting aerial reconnaissance. Once they confirmed that nothing was wrong, Clara would jump over to Simon to conduct another round of reconnaissance.
And if that revealed no problems either, then...
"I'm getting ready to use [Possession] on Victoria." Clara's voice was tense as she looked toward the circling crow.
"I've already relayed the information to the Dawn," Dorothea answered immediately.
"Good!"
Clara took a deep breath, then switched the target of her [Possession]!
In the distance, silvery moonlight spilled over the ruins of the Imperial Palace, tinged with a little blood-red light.
Victoria stood quietly amid the ruins, before the Throne.
Before her were her blood relatives. One sat high upon the Throne, the emotion in his eyes about to fade away completely. The other lay beneath the Throne, his severed head lying where it had rolled, its eyes empty.
She simply gazed at them, unable to move an inch, her eyes filled with pity, incomprehension, pain, and madness.
And now, a phantom appeared beside her.
The instant that shadow appeared, it sank to one side, hiding in a crack in the ruins below. Its figure vanished