As the duke came to his senses and began feeling much better, it was time for Raven to have a much-needed talk with him. Sitting in the same hall as he'd once with Mercedes, the duke kept glancing sideways at the mage and the rest of his party while rubbing a bag of ice against his head. Somewhat dazed still, he didn't want to deal with whatever the group wanted from him even though they'd saved his life, thus with a gesture of his hands he urged the group leader to start speaking quickly.
The crude behaviour had everyone frowning, even the monster girls who'd been let out of the gem to better reflect what Raven and his party were there to represent. However, detaching emotion from duty, the mage began explaining to him what the Merchant had done all the way from betraying the demi-humans and beastmen to the potential poisoning of the duke by that wine he'd drank.
