Clergy thinking it's a good idea to assassinate a high-ranking noble who also happens to look like the late Empress and thus having the attention of the Emperor. What could go wrong...
It should be noted that out of the 9 classes that were required for him to become a Heavenly Knight, only 3 were melee and he's actually 66% magician. He should tell that to Glenys so she doesn't go full Sarge on him.
I'm rereading the first chapters to remind me of the start and I noticed that before we got Ponta to mimic Arc's expressions under his helmet, we saw him a bit more without his helmet and there was also more SD. Having Ponta make her appearance so soon in the story was definitely a boon.
All the cardinals have names with opposite meaning. Thanatos' second name should have been Hypnos not to feel left out. I mean, if you go chuuni on the names, might as well go full speed.
How many years since I started reading that, I wonder. There's plenty of those stories that will probably never get an ending and just fade away because TL stopped or something else so getting a conclusion, whether good or bad, is always a good thing.
There is no such thing as a single edged sword. One edge is a saber, two edges is a sword. Never mind how you can only find double edged blades every time you look at a guard or knight or ornamental weapons, she herself called it a sword so it wasn't a gamble at all, just a check to see if he...