– Lexi, baby, this is not yet possible, – Lisantiel addressed me softly, as if to an unintelligent child. "I'm sorry," he shook his head bitterly.

- The answer is not accepted! I retorted firmly. “You have to do it, period!”

“I tried three times,” Lee said grimly. The last time was five hundred years ago. I almost got dethroned, Lexi! I barely held on to power. The problem is that slavery is beneficial not only to the Curthings, but also to the aristocracy - all of them, without exception! These are centuries-old traditions, free labor and disenfranchised concubines in any quantity. Do you know how many slave markets there...