There was a tense silence.
Sophie could feel her newfound courage gradually slipping away as Cleo's mouth slowly opened to say something and then closed before the words could come out.
The princess was just shell shocked and frozen in disbelief.
An Insectoid?
The war between the Earth Federation and the Insectoid Empire had been going on for generations with no end in sight.
There was an enormous blood debt between both sides that would not be resolved until one was annihilated completely.
Cleo had only been six years old when she saw the memorial broadcast on the virtual net that mourned the victims of an Insectoid attack.
The image of those ugly hideous bug-like monsters who killed indiscriminately was planted deeply within her mind.
She saw as those creatures slaughtered men, women, and children alike with no remorse.
