"Look, you see that bird over that branch? It's a swallow, they only come  during summer"

Reika explained a group of 10 children whose parents were working on the fields. She was with the kids maybe because she had nothing to do or  maybe because she was already in the age of having children and being with those children was the closest she could be to being a mother.

Anyway the children looked at the bird a bit excited, some tried to catch it and others just wateched the swallow fly away scared by the young Okaruians.

Reika laughed slightly, then watched to the horizon with a smile.

"Milady, all the ministers are ready for the meeting" 
A soldier said while walking towards the female warlord with blue kimono.

Reika turned back and nodded, then told the children to go with the soldier and then walked towards the castle