I saw it all, I heard it all.
Every word devious and insidious from out my kindly mother's smiling lips.
Ria listened to her plea just as attentively, and though her flames had dwindled and her arms were no longer raised in arms, never once did she drop her guard for even a second.
It seemed that the Demon Goddess had stumbled onto a conundrum that at the moment was beyond her capabilities. The Kingdom of Astra had brokered a deal with the Seven Churches, and through their combined efforts a great barrier spanning the entire width of the nation had been erected.
