Five days had passed since Lilith's secret visit to the capital's outer districts.
Five days of endless meetings.
Five days of arguments between nobles, merchants, and generals.
Five days of hearing the same question repeated over and over again.
"Can humans and devils truly coexist?"
No matter how many times she heard it, Lilith could never find a perfect answer.
Tonight, however, she had stopped looking for one.
Standing alone on the balcony outside her chambers, she gazed at the moon hanging above the royal palace. The cold night wind brushed against her black hair as she tightened the dark cloak wrapped around her shoulders.
The human capital lay hundreds of kilometers away.
Normally, a queen leaving her kingdom alone would have been unimaginable.
But Lilith had already made up her mind.
The deadlock in the Human Domain had dragged on for far too long. The Church and the Authority continued to argue while fear and hatred grew with every passing day.
