Chapter 1010 – (Un)Peaceful Dinner
Aela watched them with quiet fascination.
The first elf had expected power to look solemn.
Royal courts, perhaps.
Ancient vows.
Bloodline councils.
Guardians standing in silence beneath sacred trees.
Instead, power in this mansion looked like a wounded demon in a robe being scolded by women who loved him while a Gluttony princess worshipped soup.
It made no sense.
And yet somehow, beneath the noise, the structure was clear.
They all watched Lux.
Not as servants watched a lord.
They watched him like they had chosen him, and would continue choosing him even when he made it difficult.
Lux, for all his jokes, noticed everything.
