"Well, my past with Chordeva aside, I think we should speak of the here and now instead of times long past. The Empress found it inside her magnanimous heart to award the Beliali and Cimeriesa Clans the entirety of the Tragon Kingdom, and the Asmodia's would have been awarded that as well, however..."
Lady Hathor stared at Jahi pointedly for a moment before looking to the side, taking in the side profiles of Belian and the Madam, who were taking this moment to eat.
"Chordeva refused the land in exchange for coin, which leaves the large Kingdom to us to cultivate and nurture into something our Empress can be proud of; something worthy of her trust in us. It was Belian's idea to invite some outside help to contain and cull the monster populations down on the southern border, and we agreed. We didn't know that it would be the Scion of Asmodia joining us though..."
