'Eccentric'
The next day, with the full plan in hand, the king called for another meeting of the nine sovereigns.
Each and every one of the sovereigns actually felt happy that they were having so many meetings, as there had been a long gap after that first one where they had been anointed which had made them fear whether the King was going back to his old ways.
This time, they were treated to a pleasant surprise as they found that Aran had broken through to become a warrior.
He had been quite incorrigible even when he was a Human, and he was known for his cheeky remarks and the fact that he had almost no filter.
Now, it looked like this would be taken to another level, as there was already an ever-present smirk on his face, as if he knew something that others didn't.
Typically, he would already have been hounding Cassandra or irritating her in some manner which was something that gave him a lot of pleasure, but because she was absent, he had no one to target.