XXIX.III Return of Investment
*DING!... DING!... DING!...*

My mind ground to a screeching halt. The knells of watchtower alarm bells echoed from outside my room as the rest of the village seemed to have caught on to the sight that the former Prime was seeing. All of a sudden, the peace was shattered. This was real. They were really here ahead of our estimates.

"Uhmm... Could you repeat and verify that, Lady Love?"

I was pretty sure it hadn't even been an hour yet since Topaz broke the news to me. Unless I fell asleep on the cold, hard wood, which I wouldn't, there was absolutely no way that an hour had already passed. At best, thirty minutes had elapsed so far and-

*I have visual on the Imperial Army,* Love's voice sounded completely at ease through the line. *I estimate at least a thousand strong in terms of Decimals and Numerators. I do not have e
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