"……."

A thick, oppressive silence fell over the room, accompanied by a chilling, cold atmosphere. Most of this tension was generated by four people—Priscilla Agnes, Rosaria Leone de Michaela, Laura Ercarenciana Crescenne von Yuperantis Bellium, and Elissier.

This was natural. For Erestica and Nika, Aria was merely a dangerous enemy who sought to destroy this world and create a new one to her liking. They had no centuries-old grudges or complex backstories intertwined with Aria.

But for these four, it was different.

Laura had suffered endlessly because of Aria, eventually giving up her memories and living as Laura, not a …