"I'll talk!" Andessa finally ground out before Brando could count to the last number. Brando watched her in silence, as though he wanted to see through the beautiful face of this woman renowned throughout history for her cunning and discern the true thoughts beneath it, along with the lies she was about to tell.
"You know the consequences of deceiving me. I don't want to repeat myself. If I doubt what you tell me, I'll immediately give Aeroma an order."
"You—you can't be so unreasonable." Andessa bared her sharp, snow-white fangs and glared furiously at Brando.
"Of course I can be unreasonable." Brando cut her off impatiently. The agitation in his heart was beyond imagination, and he had no wish to waste even half a sentence more. "From now on, everything goes by what I say. Your answers must satisfy me, and I alone decide what satisfies me. I don't care what you think. I'm only telling you the consequences in advance."
Andessa wisely shut her mouth and jabbed at Brando's face with her eyes. If those eyes had been two sharp swords, there would have been a hole between Brando's eyes.
"What is Dragon Queen Gwendolyn's plan?" Brando asked.
"To lure the Twilight Dragon into descending, then kill it... Everything we've done is to save this world. It's only that the people of this world can't understand. Every war requires sacrifices..."
"I didn't ask you to say the second half." Brando cut her off mercilessly.
"I..."
"You're talking nonsense again. I didn't ask you to explain. It seems you still don't understand—I'm a very impatient person, and I have a terrible temper." Brando raised his head and glanced at the sky.
Aeroma was linked to his mind. Several golden pillars of light immediately descended from the dark night sky,