"What is my king contemplating?"
"I'm contemplating the change in your attitude towards me."
Elsa was silent for a moment. Shortly after, she briefly detached from her previously almost formulaic and rigid demeanor and said in a low voice, "You shouldn't find it strange. You are the new Ice Emperor, the one chosen by the revered ancestor Chaguscona.
The entire Northern Land is your domain, and all the Northern Land Wizards will be your loyal subjects, including myself...
Also, thank you, Ronan."
Ronan was slightly taken aback, then smiled gently.
At this moment, Elsa finally showed a bit of humanity. He understood what Elsa was thanking him for—the burden of over a thousand years carried within the Ice Emperor's Trial of Inheritance.
What he found somewhat unexpected, based on Elsa's words, was that by inheriting the mantle of the Ice Emperor, he also seemed to have acquired the remnants of the forces once left behind by Ice Emperor Chaguscona.
