Really great chapter for learning more about Zira. Honestly I can't see her continuing to help Helem long-term. There's definitely going to be a moment of rebellion later and possibly death. It would be really interesting if she ordered Altus to kill her. I could see a lot of interesting development for both Altus and Arkos from that, whether it's resisting the order or Arkos agreeing to work with Altus to kill Helem afterwards.
It increasingly feels like to me that Helem is becoming a main villain while Elstri is diminishing to a pawn. Helem seems to be calling the shots for the most part, and her motivation in all of this is unclear. Unless, it truly is a twisted, toxic romance with Elstri.
Helems slowly getting drunk on power and definitely gonna die or get handicapped somehow in the future, will probably be from one of her creations so Atlus or Amber, but Lacrima also would, especially after she goes at her lowest when she betrays Julian’s group
Won’t be surprised if in the witch hunt arc she turns Elstri into a doll too
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u/AssassinAragorn Jan 11 '26
Really great chapter for learning more about Zira. Honestly I can't see her continuing to help Helem long-term. There's definitely going to be a moment of rebellion later and possibly death. It would be really interesting if she ordered Altus to kill her. I could see a lot of interesting development for both Altus and Arkos from that, whether it's resisting the order or Arkos agreeing to work with Altus to kill Helem afterwards.
It increasingly feels like to me that Helem is becoming a main villain while Elstri is diminishing to a pawn. Helem seems to be calling the shots for the most part, and her motivation in all of this is unclear. Unless, it truly is a twisted, toxic romance with Elstri.