Inside the war tent, seated behind a map-covered desk, Crown Prince Dorian Aureliath exhaled deeply, his face shadowed by fatigue and quiet fury.
Across from him sat Duke Ronan Halvar, mirroring his expression. Both men stared down at the opened letter laid between them—its contents as heavy as the silence in the room.
Captain Oscar of the Royal Knights was dead.
The cause: assassination.
The suspected perpetrators: The Inverse Creed.
That was the name coined by the high powers of all three major kingdoms to describe a rogue faction of mysterious humans. Individuals who appeared from nowhere, disrupting the delicate balance between nations. Of these unknown powerhouses, the one known as the Red-Eyed Ghost was believed to be a confirmed member. Though no concrete evidence supported the Creed's existence, enough powerful figures—Dorian now included—believed it was real.
