Synopsis

The chapter begins with a powerful figure threatening to erase a nation, followed by the Saint, Iriel, traveling towards the Holy Empire under duress. Upon their arrival, a woman battles against the Holy Empire's forces to protect Iriel, resulting in her being severely wounded. Iriel questions the justifications for the Empire's forceful actions and disagrees with their concept of a 'grand accomplishment' by using miracles, ultimately revealing a powerful resistance to the way she is being treated and threatening the empire in turn.