Two hours passed. Lee Shin-Woo accepted his third cup of tea. Whenever he asked for another serving, Retadane would look enthusiastic, perhaps because of the mood.

"Uaaaaah. This is the worst."

"This doesn't make any sense. Senior Ethan was..."

"It's hard to accept, but it's the truth. Looking back after being freed from his brainwashing, there were lots of things that didn't make sense..."

The heroes were astonished by Lee Shin-Woo's revelation of Ethan's betrayal. When he added that Mentes Orun was part of this conspiracy, the mood turned for the worst. Lloyd was especially down and sighed deeply as he remembered Mentes Orun attacking him.

"Yasunori’s dead, and we survived because of the Heaven Defying General..."

"How did things turn out like this... Why would we heroes be forced to fight amongst ourselves? I feel like an idiot since I’d been fighting wholly unaware of all this."

"...Phew."

"We only killed two of the twelve generals, yet we lost three heroes in exchange. They weren't even killed fighting the enemy... Ah, damn. Prince is right. This is the worst."

Lloyd, Prince,...