"Ava... we've arrived."
He called.
"Ava..."
He whispered her name.
"Ava."
He stroked her hair when suddenly she jolted awake.
"Ava?" she groggily called her name back.
***
She didn't.
It wasn't her name.
It was her sister's, and she was just looking for her presence when she heard her name, calling her name as if echoing it, hoping she could see her again.
"Ava Cassia was able to unite and take control of the entirety of Cassiopeia when she was still a literal child. Your wife... she might be smart and wise, but do you see someone like that in your wife?"
Isabelle sneered. "Someone who was wicked enough at that young age who was able to overpower the noble old farts, factions, and ministers of Cassiopeia?"
His wife was wise and capable, but she was a normal person. She was surely not a monster who was able to make political decisions at the age of seven. Not even Magnus was able to do so.
Even Magnus needed help to stabilize the Holy Empire---
