Isolde trembled, tears streaming down her face, yet she made no sound. At that moment, they arrived at a station where a griffin was resting.
Xander snorted coldly and leaped onto the griffin's back. Suddenly, he turned his head to look at Isolde, who was standing behind Magnus, and said coldly, "Scared? Now I really need to toughen you up! Find your own way back!"
"Grandfather!" Magnus's face changed, and he wanted to speak.
But a look from Xander made him swallow his words.
Magnus turned back to look at Isolde. Her face was pale, and her pretty face was covered in tears. She looked at Magnus with eyes full of pleading and fear.
Magnus's heart clenched. In their Arcanvale Empire, a place that greatly undervalued women, females had an extremely low status and virtually no right to speak.
