At last Regis and Altiña met—because when the hot-tempered princess brought her troops into the vicinity of the Empire’s capital and barely didn’t start a civil war, the strategist had no choice but to move out to meet her, together with mercenaries from “The Hanged Fox,” in order to prevent the irreparable. However, this doesn’t change the fact that the coronation of the second prince is already tomorrow—and Altiña even receives an official invitation as a member of the royal family. Alán дэ Letréile Belgaria’s ambitions can no longer be stopped…