"King… as in Whiteking… again?"
Bernard Ross, aka Red, Black, Azure, or all the colors in the spectrum King. Aerith had visited many universes during their search for Riley, and in almost all of those versions…
…Bernard was unhinged against other species, and a handful of them could even be considered evil. These Bernards have one thing in common—they all did not have a Hannah Ross by their side; either dead, or does not exist in the first place.
And considering this universe did not seem to have themarians, and therefore no Diana, and therefore no Hannah, it was clear to Aerith what kind of variant of Bernard this world has.
"So, you have heard of the King?" Shehard breathed out, "I do not know where you came from, but the energy I sense from is incredibly massive. Perhaps you can help us?"
"Oh, you are asking help from a stranger?"