The day of the meeting was finally here, and Glyea had already called before the assembly. After a brief talk with her, she was dismissed and taken to a separate room inside the tower. The sages had confirmed that she was willing to play along and be queen; nothing else mattered to them, neither her achievement on the battlefield nor how she'd managed to slaughter the zombie army. What report they did take from her was brushed off as a stroke of luck; it was the merchant that they were now interested in, as the equipment provided by him had played a major role in the battle.
Unfortunately, since Glyea no longer had the ring which she'd used to defeat Valentine, the sages decided to talk to Custer first and then interrogate the hero's party about their knowledge of the merchant and his group. Housing them in a separate room had already been part of their plan, as the last thing they would want, trying to discover the truth, was for the two groups to come up with matching stories.
