Gravis went to the Mountain of Pride and stood before the Empress. "I'm ready to go," he said.

The Empress nodded. Then, she turned to the Grand Elder, who stood right beside her. "I'll leave everything up to you," she said.

The Grand Elder sighed. "I knew that this time would come, but I'm still not looking forward to it. This will be a pain."

"This was our deal," the Empress said coldly.

The Grand Elder sighed again. "I know, and I will keep my word. You've helped me for centuries. I guess now it's my time to help you."

Gravis thought that the Grand Elder was making a big deal out of nothing. He only had to watch over the Empire for a little more than 50 years.

"Let's go," the Empress said as she turned to Gravis.

Then, for the first time, the Empress rose from her throne. Gravis had never seen the Empress leave her throne before. It even felt weird for Gravis to see her floating.

Gravis also started floating, and then they flew towards the north. The Empress' tail was over ten meters long, and it gracefully moved around in the air behind her. Even while flying, she had an aura of royalty to her.

"Empress, why did the Grand Elder react like this? It's only a little more than 50 years," he said.

"I'm not your Empress anymore," she said.

was taken aback. "What?

our personalities were very compatible,"

That's probably the Grand Elder's name,' Gravis thought, but he didn't interrupt

and we promised each other that the first one of us that manages to become an Emperor will create an Empire. The other one will then

Empire while the Grand Elder would mainly concentrate on their own power. Yet, as soon as one of us manages to understand a level three Law, we would switch until the other one also manages to comprehend a level three Law

the first one that managed to become an Emperor?"

"I could have increased my Realm slower than him, but I was thinking more about the long term. I've expected that he would understand a level three Law faster than me. Even back then, he had known more Laws than me. I simply had more powerful Laws

than being an Emperor and not having the means to ascend. Because of all these

frowned. "Yet, it seems

frustration without hiding it behind a mask

mean

she threw a side-eye at Gravis. "I'm talking about you," she

Gravis asked with widely opened

on Laws has allowed both of us to profit immensely. There is a high chance that I will learn enough about the Laws

of the Icy Pride Empire for not even a century. It feels

chuckled a bit. "So, I shouldn't have

huffed again. "You know what I mean," she

and tail in a display of relaxation. Gravis

burden of being an Empress is finally gone.

"Always acting this coldly and uptight all the time. It's way too boring.

as Azure kept venting her frustrations on

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