Even Hilde flinched slightly at the shout, but with great and sudden fear, she noted that the Queen remained as still as the carved rock she was sitting on.
"None of us had counted on the possibility, and so our enemies also did not, but Lothar—he whom we all hailed as a peerless master—my son had known it: we have Hilde of Arnica." The Lord General had calmed down considerably as he continued. Near the end, he sounded sane again, and in most other people, his words elicited curiosity and deliberation instead of unthinking dismissal. "Lords and Ladies, as one parent to another, I ask that you to consider turning my child's last wish into reality." The Lord smiled calmly and prepared to retake his seat. "I promise you, doing so will be no loss to us. Indeed… we all might find we'll have pl
