"556...."
"...are you alright, Elsara?"
"Mm. I received the mage's report before I came here, but this...." The Queen glanced down at the frozen smile, the nobility of her violet eyes tainted with glints of sorrow. "This I do not expect to be part of the atrocities that Dragon Elder would commit."
Albeit with a surprise that both the scowling Demond and Adrei were also at the cafe she had once known, Elsara was met with an old friend in an unfortunate state before being told of what happened.
Even when
A snark unbefitting of a royal's manner shone upon the Queen's muddled thought, then with a chortle as Alice attempted to play circle on her arm, she petted hero's head before facing the Witch and the Dragon.