The blue flames flickered silently in the colossal hall, reflecting off the obsidian pillars as Selene, Rize, Vanny, Katharina, and Roxanne stared at Vergil as if he'd just uttered the dumbest phrase of the millennium.
He crossed his arms.
"Okay. So explain it to me. Why did you build an entire city the size of an imperial capital? This is… completely megalomaniacal."
Selene touched her lips with a finger, as if trying not to laugh.
"Technically, it wasn't our idea. The plan was quite simple: a castle. Just one castle. One for you, a small one for administration, maybe a modest wall to delimit the territory. Nothing too extravagant."
Rize placed her hands on her hips, thrusting her chest out with that unabashedly sexy look she didn't even need to try to achieve.
"Yes. Something elegant, discreet… well, as discreet as possible, since you don't exactly belong understated."
Vanny, behind them, raised her hand.
"I wanted to put in a bigger stable, but that's irrelevant now."
