The entire crowd went silent as the massive screen showed a grinning Regius flipping of the leaders of the then families. The queen of Atlantis turned to Leem, who stood behind her without her facial expression. "You didn't tell me he was so vulgar, Leem, nothing like his mother at all." Leem coughed to keep from choking on his own laughter. "The boy is certainly unique, your majesty. I believe you'll see more of that throughout this."
The ten family leaders could all hear what was going on directly behind them, but didn't dare address the queen. There were still suspicions that rested on their heads concerning a demon attack that cost the queen her husband and they had no want to start a diplomatic incident.
The crowd slowly went back to normal as Regius joined the rest of his group and people went up on stage. The ten family leaders were talking amongst each other about which of their children would be the champion when the queen interjected.
