While the fierce battle raged at the foot of Nabile Forest Castle.
Inside a high tower of the castle, King Tiha Moyier of Yake, the Queen, and many members of the royal family were present, most of whom wore expressions of terror and anxiety on their faces, all except for the King, who appeared somewhat composed.
"Your Majesty, I... why do we have to be here, too? Can't we stay at Neitmoni? It's too dangerous here; I want to go back..."
A young man clad in light yellow fine cotton clothing clutched desperately to a pillar, occasionally looking through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the blood rain and the battlefield beyond the city walls, stuttering his words.
"..."
The King did not respond to his junior's words, but instead, turned his head and whispered to his wife to take good care of their little daughter, the twelve-year-old Princess Asoka.
