[Realm: Álfheimr]
[Location: Heart Kingdom]
[Pulchritudo]
The invitations were accepted with little more than a respectful bow.
Neither of the Heart Kingdom soldiers so much as questioned them.
One briefly studied the elegant lettering stamped across the thick white invitation before stepping aside without a word. The great iron gates slowly parted, revealing a broad stone path that cut through meticulously maintained gardens.
The silence between the three girls lingered as they walked.
Every hedge had been sculpted perfectly, and white marble statues depicted rather powerful-looking people wielding blades or other weapons. There were also some beasts who stood between flowerbeds that somehow bloomed despite the harsh world beyond the estate walls. Crystal fountains fed streams that came through the gardens before disappearing beneath bridges.
Nothing had been left unfinished; money had made every inch of the estate.
