The Fourth Fleet has returned to port.
At Emre Port, the Empress impersonated by the Magic Mirror came in person to greet and give the highest honors to the returning fleet.
Officials from Brook Province, along with those from the Emre City Government and Port Authority, lined up on the shore to welcome them.
The military band played triumphant songs, and a 17-gun salute was fired.
A 21-gun salute is for a national leader, 19 for a head of government; for someone of Roland's rank, even a 17-gun salute is somewhat excessive, but at Sif's insistence, it was done according to the protocol for a deputy head of government.
Sif's reasoning was simple.
It wasn't just Roland who was returning but the entire Fourth Fleet that had fought bravely abroad.
Surprisingly, the Monarch was nowhere to be seen.
Sif's expression changed slightly as she stood on the pier, her breathing somewhat labored.
The Monarch was the flagship; if it was gone, the battle must have been fierce.
