Ansel of Hydral's return to the capital signified a myriad of signals in the eyes of many.
A multitude of individuals were keenly observing this young Hydral, who had been dormant in his own territory for a long time, wondering where he would go and what he would do after his journey to the North.
The empire at this time was in the crucial period of succession. The empress and the contemporary Hydral were both in their twilight years, and their successors, one ambitious and the other extraordinarily talented… were the focus of the passengers aboard the empire's great ship. They all hoped that these two would lead them to a new land filled with gold.
However… before they officially took over the empire, the various chaotic elements during this period made the passengers uneasy. This thousand-year-old ship seemed to have sailed into a dangerous sea of thunder and lightning before reaching the new land.