🍁Nine Ancient Obelisks

- Yes, there is no such person now, and there never has been in the history of our world – not a single mention, and the only existing portrait was commissioned by Tsar Thiozar himself. Some time ago, this project of his shattered the self-esteem of numerous visual artists, and only one sculpture, the result of a collaboration between several people, satisfied him. Nevertheless, this image has a specific model of behavior, a manner of speech, a voice, and so on, but... only in the Tsar's mind.

—Ah, so that statue…? —Shiki turns questioningly. —…Hmm… What if this is… some kind of otherworldly intervention? Uh, I mean, it could, of course, be a conspiracy by political enemies, or it could be something completely alien to our world. After all, even with the "Shield," we cannot deny how much unknown things may actually exist and try to interfere in our affairs from "that" other side. What if this person actually exists, but not in our world? And the Tsar, whether on his own or not, mistook this person for the embodiment of Anuzish?