Twisted Wonderland x (Todoroki) Reader

The Lord of Malevolence

Very late update, sorry about that, but I wanted to finish this and move on to the Black Butler book lol.
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-3rd POV-

"You ended up coming back for seconds, thirds, and even fourths of that "risotto" dish, Baur." Lilia teased, "That good, huh?" He chuckled.

"...Yes, well. Upon reflection, I concluded food can hardly be held accountable for man's misdeeds." Baur said.

Sebek smiled, "I'm glad you enjoyed it!" He said, as Silver had a slight smile.

He cleared his throat, "If we could move on, General..."

Lilia nodded, "Right. The Silver Owls have been coming here from Howling Canyon awfully frequently as of late."

"Those despicable illegal miners go around acting like they own the place, despoiling Briarland territory wherever they go!"

"A century ago, it was one little sailboat that came ashore at Cape Sunrise...But their population multiplied faster than you can blink, until they started outnumbering the fae who live here. Now they inhabit all the land east of Howling Canyon."

"Grrr...Foul humans! We should have ejected them from our land from the beginning!"

"I'm sure her majesty wasn't expecting matters to get this far out of hand back in those days either."

Sebek and Silver were silent as they listened in with the others.

He furrowed his brows in anger, "If they respected animals and nature and lived modestly, we could leave them be...But we cannot let them tear up any more of our mountains and forests. I need to get Lady Maleanor's letter to their eastern stronghold, and fast."

Grim tilted his head, "Who's this Maleanor Lady?"

Sebek frowned at him, "You know nothing of Lady Maleanor? She's our liege's—erk!" He instantly cut himself off, "Lady Maleanor is the princess of Briarland."

Lilia nodded, "The boy's right. She's the only child of our reigning queen Maleficia. She's our commander and the lady of Castle Wildrose."

"Castle Wildrose? Not Castle Blackscale, the royal castle in Dragonopolis?" Silver questioned.

"There's an expanse of wetlands in southern Briarland called the Verdurous Moor. In its center stands a citadel—an object of ire for many a ruffian coming from the Coral Sea or Howling Canyon. That's Castle Wildrose." He explained.

"Lady Maleanor is a key figure in our national defense. She commands the royal guard. We are her palace guards, whom she dispatched as a delegation to deliver her demands to the Silver Owls. We set out from Castle Wildrose just today on that mission." Baur said.

"Her demands? What kind of demands?" Sebek questioned.

He frowned, "What else would it be? It's obviously an ultimatum warning the Silver Owls to cease their ill-mannered conduct in our lands!"

Lilia sighed, "We could fly over to their stronghold if flight magic was an option."

"Is there a reason it isn't?" Silver said.

"Every other delegation that set out for the eastern stronghold has gone missing."

"What?!" The two Diasomnia males exclaimed, eyes widening.

"Our first job is to deliver the letter. Our second is to search for the missing delegates as we travel. And our third is to seek out and expel every Silver Owl mining our lands without fae permission." Lilia said.