About ten minutes later, Shien left Roxie's room.
Only Roxie, Ria, and Shana remained in the room.
Shana still stood quietly behind Ria, merely watching Shien's departing back.
Roxie and Ria faced each other in silence until, after a while, one of them finally broke it.
"You really gave him quite a lot of convenience and benefits," Ria said faintly. "The Kingdom's original intention in trying so hard to recruit him was to secure his Taming abilities and the combat strength of Artur's Black Dragon. Yet you gave him such tremendous freedom. With that, both the royal family and the nobility will probably be furious."
"Perhaps." Roxie's expression did not change as she replied evenly, "If they have objections, they can come find me."
"Would they dare?" Ria said irritably. "So what if he is a Taming Master with a nearly invincible King of Monsters? Can he compare to you, the Kingdom's Treasure?"
Her words were crude, but the reasoning was sound.
To the Kingdom, Roxie was the true treasure. A Taming Master and a nearly invincible King of Monsters were certainly enticing, but that depended on whom they were being compared with.
If compared to Roxie, they were nothing special.
After all, Roxie not only possessed potential equal to that of her ancestors, but also had the attention of the God Race and the support of the people. In terms of importance, she surpassed Shien by an unknown margin.
Therefore, the Kingdom would surely rather give up Shien than anger Roxie.
Otherwise, Roxie needed only say a word, and a riot among the people would be enough to overwhelm any noble. Even the royal family could be driven from power. It was terrifying.
If not for that, why would so many nobles willingly grovel just to make Roxie look