He is here

"She is here," Zaroth muttered under his breath as he shifted his focus from the chat he was having with Roran, Zack, and Lily, who had joined them along the way.

His gaze fell upon a woman seated far in the back of the podium, almost as if she was trying to hide from the eyes of the masses. It was as though the emperor himself was ashamed of her presence and sought to conceal her to the best of his ability.

"What a fool," Zaroth thought aloud.

Wasn't the emperor supposed to be this great figure? A leader meant to unite the people and guide them to victory along the righteous path?

Yet he tried to hide one of his wives? Just because she was suffering from some curse?

For a moment, Zaroth grimaced, remembering how people had started to treat his mother once she got infected with the same curse.