Simbul gave the visitors below some time to discuss and think before speaking again. "As for the harm the Habel Family caused you, I don't think there's much need to say more.
After all, while Long Saddle Town was cleared out by the Terrasil Elves of Aglaia, didn't you divide up and swallow the Habel caravans of Waterdeep?
Of course, those without strength gained nothing, but that isn't anyone else's fault. You can only blame yourself for being weaker than the rest!"
"Simbul!" Alustriel frowned, stopping her from running her mouth unchecked.
The Storm Queen casually crossed one leg over the other again, her eyes brimming with wild arrogance as tiny whirlwinds appeared around her... She was getting a little impatient.
As an autocratic queen, Simbul was accustomed to the people below falling silent and obeying after she gave an order.
So whenever she saw these Waterdeep citizens so obviously brimming with defiance, Simbul always felt the urge to summon a hurricane and blow them all away.
But she also understood that Waterdeep was different from Aglarond, which she had sheltered for thousands of years... So Simbul simply signaled to Khelben with her eyes. She had said everything that needed saying; it was time for him to wrap things up.
Khelben's black beetle-like eyes flickered. He looked at Alustriel, who clearly had no desire to speak... Laira seemed to be truly furious this time. Otherwise, Alustriel and Simbul would not be treating him so coldly, and the two sisters, who had always been the most protective of their own, would not be displaying such an obvious businesslike attitude.
Khelben understood what that meant... If Laira had merely chosen to break with him because of emotional matters and disapproval of their son's future, then the scheming Alustriel and Simbul clearly did