"The Federation's strongest female commander, Alya Vell, was adopted and trained from a young age by the Federation's founder, Augustus. Three years ago, she was accused of three major crimes—killing her daughter, betraying the country, and causing the deaths of three thousand soldiers—and pretended to join the enemy organization Black Crown as its second-in-command, the 'Black Crown Queen.' In reality, she was an undercover agent arranged by her mentor, secretly gathering evidence against the mastermind X.
After three years, Alya was brought by her husband, Federation Marshal Damien, to a live, public memory trial, where all citizens spat on her as a monster who harmed her own family and betrayed the nation. Damien sought to punish her in front of everyone, intending to execute her personally. During the trial, the mandatory memory extraction began, and Alya tried desperately to resist, revealing the suppressed truths layer by layer: back then, she exposed herself to poison to extract antibodies to save her husband and daughter who were infected with a deadly virus; the alleged 'killing of her daughter' was actually piercing her daughter’s heart to simulate death and stop the virus from spreading while placing her in a cryo-chamber to survive with Alya’s antibodies; the three thousand Iron Harbor soldiers didn’t die because of her betrayal but were secretly transferred to safety; and joining Black Crown was entirely part of her mentor's undercover plan.
During the trial,
