Michiko's POV
The realization was jarring, I had a fair enough understanding of the Elven power structure within their settlement, but it took seeing the power they had on an individual to sink in the fact that our land was being run by narcissistic sociopaths on a power trip
After a short break we finally made our way to the ballroom just in time for the general's grand speech
The ballroom was decadent, in the centre was a giant chandelier with gems like crystal tear drops, the light bounced off the gems so beautifully I could swear on my life that each gem on the chandelier were actual daimonds