Fabian explained in various ways to the other two elders an explanation that became difficult to make in the face of their foolishness that Valery is not a viscount but a baroness, that she did a trick with her hands and that was why it seemed that she had created a scalpel.
In the end she was able to make them understand that it was better not to jump to conclusions and that it didn't matter if she was a baroness or a viscount, she was still a noblewoman. She has magic and they don't, she had the possibility to kill them without silver weapons. She is more important than they are.
The elders quickly understood their place, and chided themselves. For she was right she was still a noble while they were not.
The door to the town hall meeting room opened and one of Valery's guards scowled at them. Being so close to the door he had been able to hear the entire conversation.
