Chapter 102 Four Sweets And No Hunger

• [XENA]
• By the time I reach the hall, the trial has already begun.
• It’s happening at the same place where the names of the candidates were announced, and it’s crowded, loud, full of movement, and attention. Just outside, in the adjacent courtyard, the feast area stretches wide. Long tables are arranged in careful lines, covered with more food than anyone could reasonably need, plates set out, bowls stacked, servants moving between them with backs straight and sure steps.