Much later that day, at the Castle of the Demon Queen…
"What the fuck is wrong with you, Morgana?!" Alter Bella yelled at the top of her voice.
"What?" Morgana replied, gesturing with both hands, completely unremorseful. "I had to know if they were ready, Mistress."
But Bella didn't seem like she was having it. "I don't care! You could have killed any one of them!"
Morgana shook her head and released an exasperated sigh.
The argument had been going on for several minutes now.
The Mistress had been furious from the moment she returned from the Endless Dark and learned what Morgana had done in her absence.
An impromptu battle.
That was what the Demon Queen had subjected her husband and friends to, pitting them against opponents powerful enough to genuinely kill them, all because she wanted to determine whether they were prepared to face dragons.
Their voices continued echoing through that section of the castle as the argument went back and forth.
