Once his meeting with Joseph ended, Mark gathered his wives to bring them up to speed on the proposal.
Ely was the first to make it clear she couldn't stand that man, and half the room agreed with her.
Rose said he had the face of someone who'd sell his own mother for the right price.
Aria pointed out, with far less tact than usual, that she wouldn't trust him to look after a flowerpot.
But when they finally stopped ranting about Joseph and began talking about what he had said, the mood shifted.
Because, no matter how much none of them could stomach him, his logic was hard to refute.
Emilia reminded them that the Church had spent generations persecuting the elves and calling them abominations, while Ely and Alice confirmed that the same mentality remained deeply rooted in both the Church and the Inquisition.
