"Raphaelia, please stop delaying the meeting. And as for your concern about the former demon lord, I think it is safe to say that he does not have any love from the demons anymore and after what they did to him, I doubt he had any love for them either. So he's the perfect person to stand in as the mediator."
Raphaelia glanced towards Mark once more and narrowed her eyes at him in suspicion before she finally nodded in agreement to King Richard's words. She walked back to stand behind the king. The king turned to his left, where Ephraim was still standing calmly, and he saw that Ephraim had gained a small smile as he saw the way the king handled things.
