We sat on one of the hills overlooking the whole city below us, the beauty of it not lost to my eyes, the people moving around, while Mira sat beside me, watching down at the city as I spoke.
"Mira, do you want to speak of our true relationship with my mother?"
The sudden question made her twitch as she looked at me, her head on my shoulder, our hands still intertwined as she spoke with a hesitant voice.
"I want to, but I don't know how."
To this, after a second of silence, I spoke.
"You do know about the proposal Empress Lora brought, right?"
My words made her twitch again, and for a moment, I felt all the mana around tremble and shift, the world itself feeling suffocated for a moment as Mira spoke.
"I do."
Her voice was barely audible, to which I, with a smile, continued to speak.
