MAYDAY, this is the captain of the S.S Rubia! We have just taken a full broadside bombardment from battleship Isaac. I will now declare my defection to the enemy side because Isaac and Skely boi's bromance has just broken all known laws of causality AND MY HEART!
I know some people hates side story chapters like these, but I love them. In this story's case, since the narrative is primarily focused on Shuli's point of view, we'd usually take her words at face value since there's nothing else to work with aside from speculation. Well, it turns out that...