Although Fiona's disappearance is distressing, some things aren't helped by urgency.
Family Guardians set out immediately with a Ninth Rank to search for her, while Duke Carrot conspicuously revealed his own whereabouts aboveboard to paralyze any other potential enemies within the Gloria Empire.
This 'enemy' refers not to the mastermind who took Fiona away, but those Empire high-ranking officials who are seizing the opportunity to find Fiona in advance and study her body.
The reason for Fiona's disappearance, the Ninth Ranks unanimously believe, is most likely due to an enemy attack.
And the prime suspect at the moment is still "The Gate Within the Pupil".
Although the previous raid by the True Knowledge Society had left them nearly crippled, a centipede dies but never falls down; as a force possessing multiple Ninth Ranks, even though severely weakened, they are still not to be underestimated.
