Tearmoon Empire: Volume 8

Mia reclines and flips open the Princess Chronicles, wondering what new developments it has in store, when her eyes leap to a certain line: "Sion Sol Sunkland perished in his youth." Needless to say, she does not remain recumbent for long. How could this possibly be? !

Though he may be infuriating at times, Sion is an ally, a classmate, and most importantly. . . a friend. She needs to warn him; if she can't save him personally-which, let's face it, is unlikely given her limited faculties-then he can at least save himself. But how? She only has a month before his impending doom. She can't exactly tell him he's going to die because a magic book said so. Heck, she can't tell him anything at all-he's currently in Sunkland, and she has no business there.

That's when an aggrieved Esmeralda shows up complaining about a marriage proposal her father insists she accept. Upon hearing that the suitor is a Sunkland noble, the cogs in Mia's brain begin to turn. . .