Edna puffed out her cheeks. "That was the previous Mystra.
"Didn't you hear what Nasr said? Midnight wasn't that attractive.
"It was impossible for an Archmage as intelligent as Sammaster to become obsessed to such an extent.
"Wasn't the reason he later fell for Alustriel that he saw the mystery and beauty of the previous Mystra in her?
"If it had been Midnight's Chosen... Numea, how could something like that have happened?"
Elvia gently hooked the tip of her claw around her friend. "Edna..."
Edna glanced back. Tears were almost welling up in Elvia's huge, bright dragon eyes... She was clearly trying to stop Edna from going any further.
Edna tilted her head and gave her White Dragon companion, who seemed to have already figured something out, an exceptionally gentle and beautiful smile.
Elvia practically choked, then lay down on her claws as her long wings covered her head... She hated herself for being so clever!
Wouldn't it have been better to be one of those idiots inside?
Like Luka, who was still loudly saying, "Lady Midnight's not bad-looking either!"
Edna giggled. "But Sammaster's taste went from the most beautiful to the ugliest!
"I remember Nasre being described as dark, short, and ugly, right?
"After suffering one blow after another, people always become a little twisted."
"But... shouldn't the strange part be the gender?" Dervis asked calmly.
"What's wrong with the gender?" Leonard asked curiously, tilting his head.
Dervis turned his head and looked around... No one seemed to feel that the difference between the sexes was significant, including the Lord of Dawn, who loved newborns the most.
He closed his eyes and silently recalled the past... He absolutely couldn't let this bunch drag his normal way of thinking off course!
He! The future great noble of Quesenta, the exalted