Clorinde

Months after Fontaine was saved, Aether finally returns to the nation he once helped protect. He reunites with old friends, though one person remains strangely absent from his return: Clorinde. That changes after he’s dragged into a competitive fighting arena by his friends. Match after match, Aether proves himself stronger than anyone expected, until the arena announces his final opponent. Clorinde. The duel between them quickly becomes the center of attention. For the first time in a long while, Clorinde is forced to fight seriously against someone she cannot easily overcome. And when Aether finally defeats her, she feels something unfamiliar—not anger, but interest. From that moment onward, she begins paying closer attention to him than she ever intended to.