Dora did not simply remain inside her academy while everyone else struggled and risked their lives to bring back Aether and Delphine.
She had sensed it the moment Aether and Delphine sounded from her cabin.
She should have looked at them.
At least once.
Instead, she had turned her back and listened to the old nurse.
Because of that single moment of ignorance, she had lost them.
Lost them inside her own territory.
How disgusting.
Aether already called her useless. He said it without rage, which somehow made it worse. If he added this failure to that silent list he carried, she knew it would not end with disappointment.
He would look down on her, which was way worse.
So she got the details from Liora about what's happening in... Pyra Empire.
That was all Dora needed.
She prepared more than necessary. Far more. She knew she was not meant to involve herself in the trial, yet this had nothing to do with rules or standings or divine observation.
This was a rescue.
