She truly felt like she narrowly escaped disaster.
Originally, she considered introducing Wester as a seven-star expert, yet ultimately discarded the idea because such strength would immediately attract unnecessary attention from the Imperial Palace. 7-stars are indeed Elites after all...
So instead, she carefully built the identity of a foreign mercenary from Celestra whom she hired because of Wester Silver's escape from prison.
The cover story fit perfectly.
After all, the Imperial Palace already knew that Kiara had visited Celestra previously and indirectly caused a change in its ruling structure.
Everything aligned naturally.
Still, the opinions of outsiders mattered less than one thing.
Arceus's trust.
And because he accepted the arrangement calmly, Kiara finally relaxed.
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