It might even be said that it's to cover up some more significant 'changes'.
After all, being Carlos's son, no matter how pure-hearted Aina might be, as long as he starts to think, he can quickly notice something's amiss: "Ultimately, what kind of nation is the Steep Ridge Fortress? This hidden country behind the deep mountains and steep ridges... what has it transformed into over these past decades?"
"Were it not for the Pioneer Space issuing this mission, perhaps I wouldn't have even remembered it."
Thinking of this, Aina couldn't help but feel somewhat ashamed—despite not planning to return to the Western Empire to be the Crown Prince, he still cares about the Empire.
The enemy intelligence of the Empire so overlooked by its own people that the Pioneer Space has to pay attention—he, this runaway Prince, truly feels embarrassed.
However, this time, his mission wasn't 'to survey the state of Steep Ridge Fortress'.
His Pioneer Space mission is very simple.
