"Thank you for your praise, Mr. Speaker," Catherine said with a modest smile. "With all the official duties you have, yet you still find the time to come here just to talk to us? In doing so, we feel guilty for occupying your precious time, and very sorry for all the people of the Butte Plateau."
"Hahaha, I'm not that busy, Miss Catherine, you're exaggerating," the old mage laughed heartily while stroking his beard, his face lines radiating kindness that made it hard not to feel affection for such an elderly man. "Besides, to see so many beautiful ladies, I should say it's my honor. Moreover, with such a significant event occurring in the Butte Plateau, as the chair of the council, I naturally had to come and see the situation for myself, after all, what happens in Butte concerns me too."
