After Zephyr distributed her wine, and Aella gave out her speech, which was written by Isdis to live the people's morals and talk a bit about the empire's future plan, the party's end became near.
It was getting pretty late, and while most of those nobles were going to spend the night in the castle, the local ones were going to return to their estates. The number of the guests drastically reduced as the maids led them out one family at a time, some down to the carriage stables, and some into the guest's accommodation of the castle.
Arad could finally breathe now that those nobles had left, leaving him nearly alone with his wives. Some still hang around drinking and taking the chance to discuss matters with their peers, and that really made Arad want to kick them out.
