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A week before the fall of Margel
Adalard launched the start of a military expedition to Ikazkan and, personally venturing into the underworld, took seven of his knights with him, entrusting the remaining three with affairs on the surface. He left Aldelion to handle administrative matters in his stead, hoping this would let him gain useful experience and keep his mind occupied with important tasks instead of more nonsense. However, not everything went according to plan — the mercenary Hatharait, acting on a secret agreement with Kaleido Cartridge and Sratos Genburry (without each other's knowledge, he was lucky enough to receive double payment for the same job), used his special position as an advisor and his combat skills to eliminate the guard posted at the entrance to the underworld, and then used a generous amount of explosives to temporarily collapse the entrance, thereby cutting off the expedition members from the outside world — the subsequent night-time explosion that engulfed all of Tezoth was something Adalard could not witness.
Neira can decide for herself where Stefania and her old man will be, but it's better if they're separate.