Siccrem, Day 20 (5)
She wore a wide sleeved brocade red overcoat, which was embroidered with golden thread to make the figure of Ginzai's mythical bird.
Surrounded by the guards that had come with her from Ginzai, also clad in their nation's traditional armour, Empress Lysirea cut such an impressive figure that it made the crowd fall silent.
Until General Elai stood beside her. Dressed in his armour, his beautiful face was like a beacon of light beside the Empress, and it immediately caused an uproar.
"Who is that man?!" This was the question that passed along amongst the maidens in the surrounding valley of the temple.
General Elai himself was oblivious, but the Empress was not.
She glanced at him from the corner of her eye, then look up the stairs at the First Sovereign siblings, who were nearing the top.
In her heart, she sighed with deep regret for a man who had a great future and had wasted it for a wolf.