These are bad days for Empress Shion. Not only have Mian Toris and her companions crashed the gates of Kyuraweil Keep, now the maverick General Manstein is on the loose, freed by rebellious soldiers from Shion's own army. Of course, that's little comfort to Mian, Wataru, and Babo. Dangling over a bottomless abyss in the depths of the citadel, they may have finally come to the end of the rope, or rather, the g-string! In these final moments, will Wataru get his heart's desire? Will we learn the dreaded secret of the Akogi? And what is Shion really plotting in Kyuraweil Keep?