Sol’s Capital, a courtyard house.

This was the Emperor’s Mansion, the residence of the Emperor—the Five Commander’s leader and the commander of the Red Flame army.

The Emperor had already returned to the Capital.

In the courtyard, under a gazebo.

A middle-aged man dressed in a black suit was speaking to a young man in his twenties.

“Bobby, I haven’t seen you in several years. You were still in high school the last time I saw you. What brings you here today?”

The middle-aged man in the blac