A Smothered Mate is when a king is trapped by its own pieces and checkmated by a knight. This refers to Glacies' ultimate destruction by the Turan Exile.[citation needed] With the help of Liliana's Exile ship, the Ades fleet destroys the Glacian Exile and capital, winning the battle. Dian and her surviving fellow pilots are then approached by Vasant, who is now firmly opposed Luscinia's callous treatment of her people. She tells Dian that like her, she is the last of her people, and offers to help the remaining Glacians. Meanwhile, Luscinia orders Sadri to invade Anatoray in one week, and then leaves to fulfill a secret mission in Northern Glacies. The Ades generals are concerned about Luscinia's odd behavior, and are highly uncomfortable about his willingness to use the destructive power of the Exile. Fam, Gisey, and Millia return to find Kartoffel badly damaged from Ades bombardment, but the Sky Pirates themselves are still fine and busy rebuilding their home. They then make plans to steal the Anshar and fly to Anatoray to gather more forces. However, Millia declares that she will kill Liliana, much to Fam's shock. Frustrated, Fam challenges her friend Fritz to a vanship race. After seeing Fam fly, Millia remembers that her and Fam's greatest wish is to make everybody happy, and she reconsiders her plans to kill Liliana. Shortly afterwards, a messenger from Ades arrives to deliver a message to Millia. The message is from Empress Augusta herself, proclaiming that she has dropped her support for Luscinia and ceased all hostilities with other nations and asks Millia to help her form a coalition to defeat Luscinia. Millia surmises that Augusta's decision was spurred by an anti-Luscinia faction in Ades, and it is later revealed to be started by Vasant.