"Shhhhh… Bad girl," The Empress whispered into my ear after drifting off into particles of snow and then reappearing behind me.
"Tch… Fine… Also, stop saying all that cringy shit…."
"No can do~."
"This motherfu-... *sigh*,"
…
The following week passed smoothly like butter, and I've already rekindled my relationship with Cora while also keeping a semi-decent relationship with the Empress.
She could have large mood swings where she looked like she was going to kill me from a piece of bad news or would constantly be trying to hug me because of some good news.
The massive fiery tree in the distance continued to burn brighter than ever before but a strange amount of pressure continuously leaked from underneath the tree.
I tried to get the empress to tell me about what was happening, but she would constantly just avoid the question or just outright say,
