Nagisa held a power that made the young wolves and monsters listen, be it her charisma or aura.
"Ah... of course."
Nikita and Selene didn't speak, as if an aura emitted from Nagisa kept them quiet.
Nikolai gazed at the beautiful, doll-like girl sitting beside Nagisa—he felt nostalgic seeing her smooth porcelain cheeks and her thick thumbprint eyebrows as she gazed at him with pure golden eyes, much deeper and more vibrant than Nikita.
"Ah! Before we start, this girl is Kumiko and is someone very important to our clan and you. I believe your father mentioned her in a letter a while ago?"
At first, I planned to rush through this scene, but I felt that while writing it in a more immersive way, it showed more about the characters in the current story...
Sorry if you just wanted to get through it and see the action, but knowing more about how and why the families work together and how the ritual happened with more detail felt more fitting to the story.
It will bring clarity to how Fenrir and the Silver/Hati clans became enemies in the past after being allies for centuries.
How the royal council distanced themselves from Vlad and the Tepes family, and the Báthory family was decimated in retaliation.