On the night of the 25th, the Three Moons rose to the top of the sky.
In Night-Kirin City's Padmira Palace, no one could find their lord, Landen.
In the sitting room, Totapara had made a special trip from White Wolf City to gossip with the girls.
"I heard that the condition for Landen taking charge of Bristle-Wolf City was that he marry that Bristle-Wolf. Soon, there'll be two wolves in this room!"
"Elinda is only a lady knight," Jenny Gallop said with a laugh. "By your logic, if Landen marries Honnier Gallop... wouldn't he have to ask Lady Blaze for her opinion?"
"That's different. Landen already has two mares, Blaze and Black Rabbit. Blaze only needs to be queen of the herd. She doesn't care how many mares there are."
"How did you two even manage to take the conversation this far?" Lily watched Jenny and the Magic Wolf talk at cross purposes and laughed so hard she nearly fell over.
"Of course you don't care, but I do!" Totapara said earnestly. "Landen has so many mares, like Blaze and Black Rabbit, and even Blaze's Retainer with horns. There are also lots of people in the castle called Gallop.
"He also has so many cats, like the Magic Pattern Tiger and that Katarina, and even a cat son.
"But he only has me for a wolf! Sangji may be my Priest, but she's never around here."
Totapara's sense of superiority came from a perspective the girls found hard to understand. Sophia, unconvinced, suddenly said, "We have Fanil here too. She may be a Fox Clan member, but she looks a lot like you!"
"Hm?" Totapara's face visibly darkened at that. She went over to the Fox Girl and said, "Fanil, I've always thought your magic was strong enough to