Altair had waited for some time for Lisa and the others to finish their prayers. During this time, he had not taken his eyes off Nyx’s statue.He still felt a strange sense of closeness towards her whenever he saw her.Perhaps it was because he did not worship her but believed in her; Altair did not know much about such matters.When the prayer session ended after thirty minutes, Aurelion himself had personally invited Altair to join him for breakfast in the grand garden at the rear of the palace.It was not an order, but Altair had already eaten something, and on top of that, he had a training session to begin with Lisa.After telling Aurelion that he was short on time, that he wanted to climb the tower again as soon as possible, and that he would therefore have to regretfully decline the offer, he managed to leave the chapel with Lisa.During this time, Eliana had pointed out to Aurelion that Altair was not even aware of them, having only learnt who the emperor was the day before, w

When Altair arrived at the entrance to the dining hall a short while later, he took a deep breath.“Altair Moon is entering the hall.”One of the guards announced his arrival, and the doors to the hall swung wide open.As the young man stepped inside, he saw a huge table just ahead of him, with people seated at the chairs around it.Three girls, four boys, two women who could be considered elderly, and at the head of the table sat Emperor Aurelion himself.In short, these were the members of the Sun Empire’s imperial family.When Altair saw these two ‘elderly’ women, he looked at them strangely and cast a glance at Eliana.He hadn’t really expected the two women he’d encountered in the carriage to be the empire’s two empresses.Although he’d seen them that very morning, he hadn’t paid them any attention, which was why he hadn’t realised who they were.He sat down in the seat shown to him by the servants and looked carefully at those around him.One might say he was embarrassed.He had

"I’m... not sure if regular outfits are really my concern, brother."When Altair said this with a puzzled look on his face, Aurelion burst out laughing.Then, looking back at the bewildered Altair, he replied, "That’s not it. Or rather, it is, but these aren’t normal clothes, Altair," he replied, then pointed to the imperial robe he was wearing."This robe has a 20% slow resistance. My trousers have 70% fire resistance. The shirt I’m wearing absorbs 40% of the damage from slashing attacks."As the Emperor made these explanations, Altair’s mouth hung open.The things Aurelion was wearing really weren’t ordinary clothes. Each one was, in every sense, a piece of armour.“I have some money; I’d love to buy some of the outfits,” Altair replied directly.Aurelion burst out laughing again, then shook his head and replied, “I won’t let you spend any money; I don’t think you’d have enough anyway.”Altair pursed his lips at that and retorted, “Well, I’ve got about fourteen million gold pieces.”

Altair had finally emerged from behind the clothing screen.At that moment, every servant had their hands over their mouths. You could see every last one of their ears red.“Whoa... You’ve completely changed your appearance,” Eliana said suddenly.It was a very accurate statement.Altair was wearing black trousers that weren’t too tight, in other words, trousers that could stretch when he was fighting.He wore a loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirt. Altair had tucked the shirt into his trousers.His shoes were ordinary, made in Aculon, and crafted from a special monster hide; they were far more comfortable than any shoes made in the normal world.Finally, of course, Altair was wearing his mantle, which bore the church’s emblem and was made from Phoenix feathers and Leviathan saliva.It was truly a beautiful sight. Especially for the ladies.“How does it look?” Altair had asked, as gently as possible.At his question, Eliana had smiled and said, “Just like a masterpiece,” with a touch of

When Altair took the bow in his hands, he was truly speechless. It wasn’t just him; some of the Chaos-Born who were watching those from the Holy Land were in the same state.The bow already was changing...He didn't know why.The item in his hand was so exceptional that even if Altair were to abandon his swordsmanship and become a master archer, and even if he were to attempt to scale the tower in that manner, he would remain a figure with a high likelihood of becoming one of Aculon’s foremost warriors.Every single material used in the bow was imbued with holiness, taken from ‘Mystical’ beasts.Each one possessed unimaginable value.The most valuable of these materials was the Hydra Bone itself.To obtain such a material, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people would have to be taken into account, and that figure represented only the number of people who would die merely to get close to the Hydra itself.A bow made from the bone of such a monster...For a Chaos-Born, it was IMPO