Chapter 4-19

== Mikael ==
Invading Temple. Sent with Cicero to guard council exit. Tiemoko sent to survey roof. Empress+Rin invade throne room. Mikael fights Roah, barely wins. Empress's team reunites with Mikael and detain Roah and the Royal Guards. Announce council is in custody and they confess Guan Yu escaped into the Spirit World.
An Onymoji requested by the Empress arrives. It is said that the Empress will go into the Spirit world to hunt down Guan. She goes in. An hour passes. Rin talks with the Onymoji who shares her little words. It is revealed the Empress is in danger and Rin demands to go in too. The Onymoji accepts, but Zeta will not allow Rin to put her life in danger.
So, Tiemoko volunteers. Mikael knows Tiemoko will kill Rin, and volunteers himself too. Rin chooses him.
Mikael enters the spirit world and finds the Empress who is being overwhelmed. They fought on, Mikael helping her, but the Empress is fatally wounded. The Empress reveals to Mikael she is trying to protect Guan. Then, the spirits kill him. They claim that by helping the Kikono and the resurrection of the alpha, he has betrayed the spirit world.
The Empress dies in his arms and then he returns to the physical world. He tells Rin who then names Cicero in charge of the war. Stricken by grief, Rin breaks down into tears.
Days later, Rin confronts Mikael and thanks him for the help. She reveals her council Zeta wants him detained as he is believed to have murdered the Empress, but she believes she saw it in his eyes that he is telling the truth. Rin pries further after a quiet mourning, asking if the "rumors are true." Mikael reveals it is in fact, in his opinion, that Tiemoko is Rin's half-sister.
Mikael then goes to gloat with Tiemoko who is in turn upset that he's steal her kill. She begins to suspect he didn't truly kill her, but he shrugs it off.
=== Times ===
* July 4th, 335
*July 6th, 335
=== Characters ===
* Mikael Orredo
* Tiemoko Orredo
* Empress Mayus
* Rin Tol Mayus
* Zeta
* Roah Wyr
* General Cicero Vangelis
* Guan Yu (mentioned?)
* Onmyoji?
*Wukong
*Other Spirits