[Time: Imperial Calendar 560, April 1 (Four Days Ago)]
[Guidao City Garrison Headquarters, Narcissus Fortress]
Outside Guidao City, the Narcissus Fortress was the first along the Inner Sea coast—and very likely the first on the entire continent—to possess a truly perfect geometric design.
From the fortress core, six large triangular bastions radiated outward along axes, forming a delicate, refined symmetry. The entire fortress resembled a blooming narcissus flower, quietly floating beside the city.
But twenty-seven years ago, when the Narcissus Fortress was newly completed, it bore a different name.
Unlike earlier fortifications reliant on the secretive formulas and craftsmanship of stonemasons, this unprecedented design was realized through painstaking, complex, and precise mathematical calculations.
Thus, upon its completion, it was honorably named after its designer—"Antoine-Laurent Fort."
