"What happened? Who dares attack the main palace of the Alverton Empire?!" Ilana Tauriel slammed her desk in fury.
As the leading candidate to succeed Elven Elder Aloysius Willard, she was so enraged that she called an emergency meeting of the Seven Noble Pillars.
"Please, calm down, Deputy Elder," uttered Grand Duke Huxley, trying to soothe Ilana's wrath.
"As you've seen, His Majesty the Emperor has already handled all the infrastructure. He rebuilt everything overnight with help from Arthur, Zenix, and the Sellia perimeter."
"Oh, come on, Grand Duke. You're always defending your precious nephew," Duke Rosewell Lantsov commented irritably. "You've spoiled him—just like the late Empress did.
"You should've been firmer with the Emperor, kept him aligned with our interests. Now, he's clearly swayed by the Empress's ideals."
