"Raise your hands if the words I've just used don't describe your current relationship with the magical beasts who reside in your fiefs." The King still forced the nobles to kneel and remain silent, freeing only their right arm from the gravity array's restraint.
Only a few nobles, like the representatives of the Distar, Ernas, Lark, and Wyalon households, raised their hands.
"My point exactly." Meron continued. "Magus Verhen, instead, befriended a magical beast when he was a kid. That friendship brought him to get acquainted with the Kings of the Woods and earn their respect.
"Even as a boy, he showed more wisdom and foresight than most of you. Magus Verhen taught the spells he had learned as a self-taught mage to the magical beasts, healed the sick or injured members of the various clans, and gave them food to survive the harsh winters.
