It’s the middle of the day as Kelsey, Mai and Saige are picking vegetables off plants and putting them into baskets, outside. Gradually, Saige looks up to the sky and wipes off sweat on his forehead. “Man it’s hot.”, says Saige. “What you wanna cool off in the river?”, asks Mai. “Sounds like a plan.”, says Saige. “Alright, but it’ll have to be after we finish picking food.”, says Mai. “Alright.”, says Saige.

  The three eventually finish picking their baskets full of vegetables, then they go by the river side and sit with their shoes and socks off and toes dipped in the river. “So I got questions.”, asks Saige. “Hm?”, says Mai. “Why is your settlement so armoured compared to like, you know, the usual settlement?”, says Saige. “It goes back to the time of the war. When the war was going on, this was known as Outpost Strife. And it was a place where soldiers would get trained before being deployed to what we now call, “Ground Zero”, the broken down city you were living in, Saige.”, explains Mai. “Oh cool. No wonder it’s so armoured.”, chimes in Kelsey.

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  “Yeah, and Ground Zero I hear, from Gregory, that it use to go by the name, “The Sapphire Kingdom”. You see, Gregory was a knighted lieutenant when he was serving, but when it came to a time at the end of the war, he was put in charge of finding the whereabouts of Azrael, after Azrael went into hiding. Chances are, your dad also trained at this place too, Saige, since it’s close to Creed Town.”, explains Mai more.

  “You don’t say.”, says Saige. “My dad too?”, asks Kelsey. “Yeah, more likely.”, says Mai. “So are there other outposts like this one?”, asks Saige. “Of course. And they were also turned into settlement towns as well.”, says Mai. “I see. One more question, so this General Richter, he was Greg’s superior, during the war?”, asks Saige. “More like he was his teammate. He use to actually be known as Knighted Lieutenant Richter, until their former leader, Knighted General Graves, died during the war. Now, Richter is the Knighted General, overseeing the town.”, says Mai.

  “Wow, so this is really a monument for heroes.”, says Kelsey. “Uh.. you could say that, I guess.”, says Mai.