Finally finished this.
I'm kinda disappointed that the new rapier wasn't crafted in this volume. Though I guess since they confirmed that there would still be ~10 years before the fall of the kingdom and Bulat, Kagali could take her time to craft it.
Well, since we know Adel would get to be the last queen, the fight with Bulat might take place in less than 10 years.
I'm surprised though that Ellie didn't mention the earlier agreement of having Kagali go with her as payment for saving Gaien. Even if he didn't ask, Kagali would have to go with Ellie.
Hmm, at first I thought Cedre, Anna, and Thomas are working for Elizabeth.
But I wonder if the small box Cedre took (part 3 ~39%) is the same one as what Scorpion gave to the Young Master (part 7 ~44%).
While the pronoun of the person that Cedre served is different from the pronoun for the Young Master in English, I know that Japanese has a genderless 3rd person pronoun.
Well, hopefully I'm wrong and the similar boxes are just a coincidence.
I prefer if Cedre and Anna are actually working for Ellie.
Iirc, the documents found at the end of vol 5 regarding the terrorists attack was blaming Friede specifically.
Yet in part 6, Friede is blaming Eiwass.
Does this mean that the Empire's protest doesn't mention Friede? I wonder why.
I really love the future excerpts in this novel because they give you a glimpse into how things will unfold.
But I honestly don't see the significance of the one in part 4.
It only describes Hephaest city, but it doesn't sound different from the present.
Am I missing something?