Seated together on the carpet, Charlotte, Iris, Stella, and Lyra engaged in a lively and cheerful conversation.
"Lyra, have you seen Empress Athena?"
Munching on the sponge cake, Charlotte couldn't hide her excitement as she curiously asked Lyra, who sat in front of her.
Lyra, sipping her tea, gave a small nod as she slowly placed her teacup on the saucer.
"I've met and seen the Dragon Empress of Athena, Young Lady Charlotte," Lyra replied calmly, surprising Charlotte, Iris, and Stella.
"Then, what does she look like? Is she as beautiful as the rumors say?" Stella, sitting beside Charlotte, asked, her round eyes blinking with curiosity.
Back when she lived alone in the capital, she often heard rumors about the Dragon Empress from the demons who gathered in the taverns.
They said the Dragon Empress was a woman of extraordinary beauty, unmatched by any other woman except for the Demon Emperor Liliana.
