Before Count Losjin could speak, before the nobles could gather their words of scorn, she raised her head and puffed out her chest as if the gods were standing beside her. "You knew those people harbored ill intentions, yet you watched as they brandished their knives and entered your homes, desecrating your faith right under your noses, trying to awaken a malevolent spirit that the gods had sealed away 200 years ago! You knew everything, yet did nothing, not only failing to stand up and resist but burying your heads in the sand like ostriches."0

Looking around at the impeccably dressed nobles, she accused them in indignance, "Why did Spirit of the Desert find me? Why didn't he seek help from his most devout followers? Perhaps you should reflect on what you've done to disappoint the Spirit of the Desert so profoundly!"0

Her harsh words enraged...0