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Chapter 148: The Stampede Ends part 2

That morning, I used mithril plates to make an additional solar-storm shield for Valerius. It seems whatever the ruin was, it can’t solve the solar-storm problem. For now, we’ll need this.

After that, I ate a hurried lunch with Ria—who’d been oddly close to me since last night. When I told her again, over lunch, that there was a high chance I’d be going Alois within the next few days, she looked genuinely surprised.

By now, Elna’s force should already be closing in on the royal capital. Up until the full encirclement, it’s fine to leave it to her. We mobilized a large army—so I should focus on what I can do on my end.

Ria told me, ‘This afternoon, I’ll summon Roberto again and we’ll plan the next steps’, which makes sense. Alois’s domestic governance is her domain. I don’t need to interfere.

I returned to my room and prepared for Iris’s