"The country in which I wish to develop, the nation I wish to build," Elizabeth said. "Is a place in which the state has not yet been built, and a new vision may yet be realized. Goodbye, Lady Violetta. I shall see you again in only a few minutes."

Elizabeth left the room with her pet Hesiod by her side. She would change her outfit into one fit for physical education. She must excel in physical education as well as in the intellectual and magical arts, so that her education would become well-rounded, and not subject to crippling overspecialization.