While Ash continued to enjoy time with his grandmother, half a year slipped by, and during that period, a certain grandfather and granddaughter had been relaxing comfortably in the Prime Expanse.
Kagami and Kaguya sat together on the peak of a towering, jagged mountain that rose high above the endless expanse.
The mountain itself was formed of dark crystal-like stone that shimmered with faint inner light, as if it contained trapped stars.
From this height, the Prime Expanse stretched out before them in all its incomprehensible scale — an infinite battlefield of citadels, colossal war platforms, and shifting territories that stretched across distances too vast to measure.
The air here felt heavy, ancient, and laced with the constant hum of preparation.
And even in what should be the home... the safe haven for many. The place itself felt like it was holding its breath for a war that had already been raging for eons.
