Kougyoku sighs, wandering aimlessly around one of the many gardens in Sindria’s expansive palace.

Humiliation and loneliness still have a vice grip on her heart, vicious and sharp. It feels like everything has been going wrong for her lately. First the Balbadd fiasco, then what Ka Koubun had done…

She tries to shake off the thought, forcing down the flush of embarrassment that threatens to rise.

Well, at least King Sinbad was kind enough to let her stay in Sindria as a student.