"Zaragon is inside the royal castle? You said something like that before, but... it was actually the case?" James asked with a deep frown, "I mean, that place never had anything like windows, so I guess it's possible... but what benefit would the Emperor have to let Zaragon set up his shop in the castle?"
"Easy. Control, power, information. Anything, basically. Although there is another possibility, which I think might be a bit more likely. This race that Zaragon is, they're a special sort of being. They link their whole existence to a particular space that they will reign over. For all we know, Zaragon could be older than the Holy Empire, and he made a deal with the first emperor."
James looked back at him after Eiro's explanation, and slowly understood what he meant, "You think Zaragon made a deal with the first emperor that let him create this country? But in exchange for what?"
