Chapter 561

• I had been afraid to leave the room in recent days, due to the restraining order and punishment issued by the Council. They would never forgive me for defying them, but they lacked the courage to send guards to arrest me directly. They knew I wouldn’t allow it and that only an army would have any chance against me. However, that wouldn’t happen, as they would need Lohan’s support, which they didn’t have. All they could do was send threats while looking for ways to neutralize me. I was confident that poisons and magic inhibitors would have no effect, given the variety of protections I had placed on myself.
• The upside was being able to spend all my time with my daughter. Fortunately, the incident did not seem to have caused her any psychological damage. She had been very excited in recent days, crawling all over the room and repeatedly trying to stand up.
• “Mama,” she babbled, crawling toward me. I kept thinking that, with the global meeting over, I should go see Willow. I wanted to hear the news right away, so I decided to pick up my daughter and go to Aradia.