Know Your Place

Count Warricke smiled. "Isn't it just right for the Archduke to marry someone with noble blood? Not a—" he cleared his throat, "—demi-human." 

What he said causes an uproar that even Bonbon, who flashed bright smiles, was angry. Severius was holding onto him so he wouldn't make any reckless decisions because he's well aware that the young fox loves his mother so much and will do everything for her. 

The murmurs make Count Warricke smile as he thinks that everything's going on his way. "Didn't what I said make sense? And how would the Fairy Queen bear a child anyway? Is she even capable of doing so?" He laughed while defaming Titania in front of everyone. 

However, the sudden lightning that strikes the tree outside the ballroom shocked everyone. It was visible by the huge glass window how the tree was engulfed in flames.