Chapter 3-11

== Minori ==
The last we saw Minori he had failed to retrieve the Delta Sprite in Soyaze and was rendered blind in his left eye. We now see him approaching Chikyu's mountains after weeks of travel leaving him exhausted and barely operational. An airship from a town on the ground brings him to the great city atop the mountain range, and when he is given dirty looks the entire time. The always-suspicious man takes note and hides his identity with a cloak for his trip to the Palace.
A council member runs into him in the Palace and calls him a coward. He speaks about the death of Kasuke and feels Minori's feels responsible for it. It was his duty to protect the young Emperor but he was absent when he was captured. The council member also tells him of the public execution of Kasuke by the Eritomoru.
Minori is disheartened when told about Kasuke's funeral but he quickly goes to see Guan Yu. He struggles to confront the Emperor after all this time and after the funeral ends he finally builds up the courage to share the troubling news. He briefs Guan Yu about the Kikono manipulating the Eritomoru, The Launch Project run by Zade, and their goal to resurrect the Alpha Sprite. The wistful Emperor promises to look into it but tells Minori he must banish him from the City for his failure to protect his son. He carries a lot of sadness saying this, but they both know it has to be done. So, Minori departs from Chikyu to find Takeshi and Lambda as the final sprite he may be able to locate.
==== March 26th ====
(A side story during this journey brought back Narmaya and introduced Thorne, no plot relevance)
Minori gets off a train that had brought him across Kaentos and to Kanissa so he may set sail to Shioland. The sailors there inform him about the island falling into the sea and Minori understands. After a bit of investigating, Minori finds out the President will soon take up residence in Novrgandt. So he boards a ferry.
==== April 1st ====
Minori's ferry reaches the island but he watches as Shio's military convoy forces it to turn around. Not accepting this outcome, Minori dives into the water and swims to the island unseen. He reaches the palace and is greeted by Jarl Vagan who tell him Mizu is currently asleep and invites him to dinner. Minori extrapolates the Jarl aims to poison him and he outsmarts him. His Kagami eye painfully activates for the first time and leads him into the dungeons to where he finds Mizu slowly dying. He helps the weary president in an escape.
=== Times ===
* March 21st, 335
* March 25th, 335
* April 1st, 335
=== Characters ===
* Minori Hasuke
* Guan Yu
* Councilmaster Fu (Prominent Council member)
* Narmaya
* Thorne
* Mizu Hidora
* Jarl Vagan
== Trivia ==
* Minori was quick to decipher that the Eritomoru are puppets for the Kikono.
* Minori's old title was "The Armed Hand of the Emperor" which refers to the main bodyguard of the Emperor.
* When the Sailors tell Minori of the Island of Shioland falling into the sea, he immediately connects the dots that the Eritomoru had done so as well. He asks if any tragedy has recently befall Kaentos but the Sailors say no.
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