「Jiluan Cloud District.」
"Lately, it seems... there are more steamships in the harbor."
Inside the majestic Stone Cliff Manor.
Through the bright windowpanes, Zorn quietly gazed out at the vast steamships.
"Quite a few more. They're constantly forging new steamships at the Ice-free Port to the north."
"We have to win the war against Saintisman first. At the very least, we can't afford to lose at sea."
Zorn glanced to the side, his eyes falling on Isabelle's delicate profile, her skin as fair and smooth as porcelain.
Her form-fitting, violet-and-gold court gown, combined with her slender figure, made her look all the more noble and elegant.
As the future Empress of the Empire, she naturally couldn't be absent from such an important gathering.
She had arrived even earlier than Zorn.
"What about aerial combat with the Steam Airships?"
Zorn asked.
"We may be outmatched in airship-to-airship combat, but we have no trouble when it comes to defense."
