Troubles, Grand Opening

Roughly an hour earlier…

Inside Aeredale City's central area…

A beautiful lady sat in a restaurant booth, casually sipping an unknown beverage with what seemed to be a distant gaze, focused on whatever currently troubled her. Leaning forward, she cradled the cup in her hand, gently blowing away the steam that rose.

'An opportunity to be undermined exists at every turn. I've already dedicated so many of my accolades to the guild… yet they continue to assume I'm weak or something, utilizing a hidden proxy.'

The beautiful woman with jet black hair the color of polished black onyx was naturally Ezra, who was admittedly missing in action for quite some time. 

Following her chat with Kieran after the Gladiator's Coliseum, her presence within Zenith Online was sparse. In fact, there was a reason for that—the board members of her guild's controllers.