As Kazuki exits the hall, the streets are silent—former allies and townsfolk avoid his gaze. In a climactic flashback, readers witness the final battle where Kazuki’s tamed dragons decimated Ember forces but inadvertently scorched neutral villages, costing him political favor. The guilds spin the tragedy as his failure, leaving Kazuki with nothing but his tamed partner, a scarred wyvern named Yurei, who whispers, "We were fools to trust their guilds."