"Enough." Lith stood between the two Magi. "Ripha is acting like a jerk but you aren't any better, Silverwing. You two are ruining the celebration for Solus' return and my unborn son.
"Ripha has been dead for centuries, what's your excuse?" Menadion didn't like being called by her first name by him but she shut up anyway.
"Don't mind them." Leegaain Warped everyone out of the tower. "Neither of them has an excuse for their rude behavior. They were like this even back in the day. Leria and Aran are amateurs in comparison."
"Hey!" The two kids said in unison.
"Really?" Solus asked.
"Really." Salaark replied. "Ripha and Lochra could talk about anything like friends and live like sisters for years. Yet the moment magic was involved, they turned every argument into a measuring contest."
"Sally!" It was Menadion's turn to blush up to her ears. "You're embarrassing me in front of my daughter!"
"Sally?" Sinmara, Surtr, Leegaain, and the Ernas girls laughed.
"Don't call me Sally!" Salaark tried to look fearsome, but under Elysia's innocent gaze, a scowl was the best the Overlord could summon without scaring the baby girl. "You're embarrassing me in front of my Featherlings!"
"Can we call you Sally, Grandma? It's getting confusing here." Leria pulled Salaark's skirt while pointing at her, Menadion, and Elina.
Before Ripha could argue that she had never allowed Rena's daughter to consider her like a grandmother, Solus grabbed Ripha's wrist. She gave her mother a withering glare that carried the coldness of winter, shutting Menadion up for good.
"Of course you can, sweetie." The Overlord caressed Leria's golden hair. "But I'd rather you not, especially in the presence of strangers. Grandma has an important role and has to look cool."
"But you are the coolest, Grandma Sally!" Aran said, making Salaark's left eye twitch in annoyance.
"Thank you, dear." She kissed the boy's forehead while gesturing to Ripha that she'd pay for that later.
"Zoreth, Bytra, before you leave, there's one last thing you need to know." A snap of Lith's fingers turned the Greenhouse's walls transparent.
At its current level, the tower was much taller than Bloodhaven, at least while its chicken legs were hidden under the floor, but reached about three-quarters of Silverspire's height.
"Invisible walls, cool." Xenagrosh politely feigned to be impressed.
"Not that!" A second finger snap Warped the tower in the northern side of the Kingdom.
"This is the Kellar region. I've served here as a ranger." Lith waved at the tall mountains covered in perennial snow and the starry sky.
A third finger snap moved the tower to the Gorgon Empire, where a thin red string at the horizon was the last remnant of the setting sun. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
"This is the Drakana Region. Here Valtak trained Tista and me in the use of Origin Flames." The Valley of Life was visible in the distance, tall plumes of volcanic smog slowly rising to the sky and forming low toxic clouds.
"This… this is impossible." Zoreth didn't need to pretend to be impressed anymore. "We crossed thousands of kilometers in an instant. We-"
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