It was true that the leaders of the founding families never got along. Their differing perspectives and strong personalities always led to clashes. However, if there was one thing they had in common, it was that they would never want their families and houses to fall so pathetically.
Not against a scheming bastard like the cardinal.
They would all rather lose everything in a deadly war than fall to this kind of scheme without putting up a fight.
"Your trick was good. But you could have tried harder, Cardinal. After all, the war you wanted was… against the rest of the founding families. You shouldn't have looked down on these two."
Marceline and Draken smirked proudly. But then her smile faded as she looked at Atlas with displeasure.
"Atlas, I told you I'd play along. However, you didn't have to smack my neck like that," she hissed, reminded of the stiffness in her nape. "I'm still undecided about how I'll deal with that."
