Mirabea Lou Nebulis VIII/Synopsis

## History

Mirabea entered the battlefield at the age of eleven and gained three percent of the Empire's territory in the following ten years. Her exceptional astral power and physical skills made her the greatest queen candidate in history and a prodigy in the Sovereignty. During this time, she was described like an emotionless war automaton who would exterminate the Imperial forces with an expressionless face.

She would eventually meet Salinger, a criminal who had stolen over a hundred astral spirits and was after hers as well. Mirabea defeats him, but instead of executing him, she takes him as her sparring partner because he can withstand her power. Ever since then, the two had a tacit agreement of fighting whenever they crossed paths.

However, on one occasion, she stumbled upon Salinger while carrying a grocery bag with a bargain-price item inside, and burst out laughing imagining him fighting housewives for it. She called a truce and told him that she escaped from the castle after getting in trouble for falling sleep during a meeting. Despite only thinking of Mirabea as a "bloodstained war automaton", he was surprised that she acted like a normal human being and actually thought she was cute.

Unfortunately, their relationship would come to an end when Salinger attacked the Queen Nebulis VII in order to steal her powers. But the truth was far more complicated than that, as he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when the queen was attacked. Because the perpetrator fled just as Mirabea arrived, she assumed that Salinger was responsible and they fought. Salinger lost, and as a result, he was sent to the Orelgan Prison Spire without even trying to defend himself.

## Synopsis

### Volume 1

Sometime after Alice and Iska's first battle, Mirabea summons Alice to the underground cavern where the Founder laid because her chains started to become undone around the same time the two fought. She explains that Astral Spirits react when they sense danger towards their hosts, and something about their fight triggered it; so she tells Alice to stop fighting on the front until they learn more about the Imperial soldier or Nebulis' powers.

When Rin reported her findings about Iska to Alice, Mirabea stops by Alice's room and wonders why the two investigated the enemy soldier on their own instead of leaving it to the intelligence units. She then reminds Alice about how the Empire was their sworn enemy that persecuted Astral Mages, and that Imperial artists weren't much different, showing disapproval of Alice's collection of Imperial paintings in her room.

After the Founder's bindings became undone and the royal palace was afflicted with a tremor, Mirabea senses all astral powers in the Sovereignty resonating. Now that the great founder had returned, she remarks that the defeat of the Empire was drawing near.

### Volume 4

After receiving intel that the independent nation of Alsamira was fostering relationships with the Empire, Mirabea sends her youngest daughter, Sisbell Lou Nebulis IX, there to investigate if they'll side with the Empire or not. She also offers her guards to accompany Sisbell, but the girl politely declines.

Taking advantage of the fact that Sisbell was away, Mirabea heads to her room alongside Alice and Rin in order to find out why Sisbell has been locking herself in her room lately, which was worrying her as a mother. Eventually, she accepts Rin's proposal to have Alice meet with Sisbell under the reasoning that she would be more likely to confide in Alice about whatever she was hiding since they were sisters.

Unbeknownst to them, Lord Mask would also chase after Sisbell under the false belief that she was a traitor. A belief that would only get worse after Mask sees Sisbell talking to Iska, an Imperial soldier whom he encountered during the battle for the Vortex.

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### Volume 5

Mirabea summons her oldest daughter, Elletear, in order to ask her two questions. One, if she was the one who disclosed Sisbell's location to the Zoa family; and two, if she was the real Elletear, since the real one would've known about the conflict between the two families. However, Elletear doesn't answer and simply laughs it off, as she figures out that the "queen" that was in front of her was a fake. The real Mirabea then reveals herself, but the discussion doesn't go any further because of Alice's urgent return.

Through Alice and Rin, she learns that Sisbell was saved by an Imperial soldier a year ago, and that by chance they met again in Alsamira. Things have become complicated, as the Zoas will try to use their relationship as evidence of Sisbell's alleged ties to the Empire. With her permission, Rin points out Elletear as the most logical suspect, coinciding with the queen's own suspicions. But without Sisbell's powers, they can't prove it.

When Sisbell was found in Liesbaden, Mirabea issued a conference between the three royal families to which Lord Mask would have to attend, allowing Alice and Rin to go to Sisbell's side without Mask's supervision. However, just as Elletear and Mirabea were heading to the conference, the entrance exploded and the throne room was engulfed in flames. Because Mirabea used her astral power to protect them all, there weren't any casualties, just minor injuries.

When Lord Mask shows up, Mirabea becomes outraged as everyone heard his voice bidding farewell to the House of Lou just before the explosion. As a result, she orders the guards to take him into questioning and place him under house arrest until all suspicions are cleared. The Hydra family, consisting of Lord Talisman and Vichyssoise, also show up to offer their assistance until all of this can be sorted out.

### Volume 6

After returning from Liesbaden, Alice decides to sleep with her mom in order to protect her. She eventually finds an old picture of her mom with Salinger, so Mirabea talks about their relationship with a painful expression. The two then receive a call from Rin telling them that Sisbell will be returning to Central State, which would solve all of their problems since her astral power could replay the past.

However, on the day of her arrival, Elletear somehow coerces Sisbell into staying at the Lou's family villa instead of returning to the palace. When she hears this, Mirabea sends Alice to the villa to have Elletear return immediately, which she could've ignored if the order was delivered by a regular servant instead of Alice.

After Elletear returns to the palace alone, Mirabea asks her why would she try to stop them from finding out the truth. She then says that the only evidence incriminating Lord Mask was his voice, which Elletear could've faked using her astral power. Naturally, Elletear denies it, as she would've died in the coup as well if it wasn't for Mirabea. The queen really wants to believe her daughter, but can't help but suspect her.

However, due to an unfortunate timing, or perhaps a calculated one, their discussion is cut short due to the sudden attack of the Imperial forces, the first one on the palace ever since the country's founding. Mirabea calls Alice and tells her to come back, before mobilizing her strongest elite guards to defend the palace. Not long afterwards, the throne room is suddenly by someone — The 1st seat of the Saint Disciples, Joheim.

### Volume 7

The Saint Disciple knows a lot about her past, but Mirabea doesn't care, as she already knows that there is a traitor and could even guess which daughter it was. When her assailant counters her secret move in advance, Mirabea finally asks him if it was Elletear, but he doesn't answer.

After Joheim cuts through her wind barrier and her cheek, Mirabea becomes more vicious and stops holding back. However, she becomes surprised when none of her attacks work against him. Eventually, Joheim reveals that he's aware of her weakness, the fact that her astral power was instructed to avoid astral mages in the event that her people came into the room. Her downfall was not knowing that Joheim himself was an astral mage, and so he cuts her from her arm up to her shoulder.

As he prepares to strike again, Elletear appears and takes the blow for her mother. The sight of her Elletear being cut open right in front of her causes Mirabea to faint in shock.

## References

1. ↑ *Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World* Light Novel: Volume 7 Chapter 2
2. ↑ *Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World* Light Novel: Volume 7 Intermission
3. ↑ *Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World* Light Novel: Volume 7 Chapter 4