Well, they did get to watch.
It was just that… it wasn't quite in the way anyone expected.
Because right when things were supposed to go according to plan, everything had to change—again.
At the most crucial moment, Luca noticed that his father's comms had gone silent. He'd initially replied to his father, who asked, 'What?' and hadn't thought much about it until he realized that the mecha was slowly descending towards the monster!
"Papa?"
No response.
Huh?
Then, suddenly, D-29's alarmed prompt cut through the chaos. "Host! The Duke seems to have lost consciousness!"
"Oh no! Papa!"
Luca's heart almost leapt out of his chest. His body froze momentarily, his eyes wide with shock. It wasn't as if he hadn't seen his father faint before, but this was different.
This was a battlefield. And for the son who had learned that his father was the Empire's War God, knowing that he fainted in battle almost scared him to death.
