The prospect of war hung heavy in the large room like a thick fog covering everyone and everything. So many would die, Hagumi thought sadly as she listened to the council debate the issue... if you could call it a true debate with one member missing, dead, very possibly murdered. Hagumi watched in silence as Ardal unsheathed Arach, the blade of Adil, former king and peacemaker of the Seraphim people. As the room warmed and Doragon rattled in protest, Hagumi's right hand moved to the hilt of her sword and brushed her fingers across it gently, trying to calm Doragon even as her own emotions were in turmoil like a swirling storm cloud.

Hagumi's thoughts were suddenly pulled from the heavy ones of how many human, daeva, and seraphim as Torva's forceful interjection brought all eyes and attention to his lone form. Without even realizing it, Hagumi had also gasped loudly as Torva had interrupted Ardal, the magnitude of such a breach of protocol far from lost on Hagumi. Still bristling slightly following Justice's curt remark to Torva, Hagumi shook her head back and forth, clearing her mind as she was addressed by Ardal. Stepping to Torva's side, Hagumi cast the wolf a long look of her own before she took another step forward and turning her gaze, met Ardal's. "I accept," she replied, her soft voice firm with resolve. Glancing back at Neon and the others, Hagumi's ice blue eyes again found Ardal as her gaze returned to his face... "I... Lady Hagumi of the House Kusanagi hereby accept!"