"...Mommy! Play! Ball!! Go whoosh whoosh!!! Hehehe!" Kali shouts, running through the room as she bounces a ball against the floor and catches it. I smile at her while polishing my sword.
"Kali, take it easy. Your birthday was only two days ago and you already want me to take your present away?" I tell her to be responsible. It's been many months of war now.
More specifically, one year and some months. A lot has happened in that time. Eve and Shizuka have grown quite close. The war escalated in a strange way.
After three months of war, instead of advancing, the Queen of the Angels raised a barrier that lasted an entire year, and no one could break or breach it. Once the barrier dissolved, the war resumed. It delayed the timeline so much that soldier-versus-soldier combat is still ongoing.
