The distant Hedan Royal Palace.
Hokele stared sternly at the grinning Achilles. "Achilles, do you know what you're doing? How can you fool around like this!"
"Your Majesty, calm down, calm down," Achilles said with a smile. "You know my little sister's temperament better than I do. She looks gentle and easy to talk to, but once she's made up her mind, it's impossible to change it. She said this is the last time she'll be willful. We can't keep her locked up forever, and in any case we can't lock her up."
"How can we not? Hasn't it always been like this?" Hokele said angrily.
"Little sister said if we push her again, she'll go to the Monastery and be a Nun for life." Achilles spread his hands and gave a wry smile. "We can't push her onto a dead end no matter what, and the Church Court wouldn't agree either. Rather than making things irreparable, it's better I play the villain this time."
