Leaving a completely baffled Aglithia standing right there, Kareen sent one last disdainful glance towards the room and walked out, standing tall and mighty as an Empress. Cessilia hesitated before following her grandmother outside, Ashen right behind her.
"Weren't you a bit harsh, Grandmother...?"
"So what?" She scoffed. "It's not like I owe those people anything. Moreover, I despise those kinds of schemers. People living off dragons' scraps like vermin... Acting almighty when they know nothing. I know exactly what their kind is. Too weak to act, like dogs barking only when their master's around. The Imperial Palace used to be infested with those. Leave them be."
Cessilia couldn't help but think this had still gone horribly wrong... And her grandmother probably would never get along
