A few days after the birthdays, Arion's office had finally stopped looking as though the imperial family had occupied it by force.
Most of the decorations were gone.
One miniature duck wearing a paper crown remained beneath the edge of a bookshelf, which Arion had decided not to acknowledge because removing it would probably encourage Rina to replace it with something worse.
The rest of the room had returned to work.
Reports covered one side of his desk, Zyon had restored the schedule to something resembling civilization, and the central wall display showed the latest integration summaries for the restored knights.
Elias had accepted a position within the new restricted-territory liaison unit, where his military background and years inside the forest made him useful without forcing him back into his former service.
Leon had chosen security training after several weeks of rehabilitation.
