Dominique is produced eventually, and when she is nine, so too is Céleste - they can take their time; no one will think it odd that the resident Mme. L'enchanteresse still looks as young as she does and can go on producing children at will.
Belle goes on expanding her reach, a little at a time. She is not exerting her power in a way that happens to threaten the king; his people are becoming wealthier with her within magical arms' reach to help them, and she is not much for issuing commands when there is solicited help she can give, so for him the results are that he has an enchantress who may opt to do him favors and he can collect greater tax revenues. She spills out of Callia, into Albion and Hespultima and other neighboring nations and farther and farther.
Luc masters enchanting, and solicits a hexagon with which to grant himself steadiness through discomfort and the ability to - not enjoy, as he seems to find this idea unsettling, but to calmly endure - large enchantments funneled through his own mindscape. He gets it. He sets up in an enchanter's castle of his own in Kemet and does some of the same work that Belle does for nearby persons.
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Dominique is produced eventually, and when she is nine, so too is Céleste - they can take their time; no one will think it odd that the resident Mme. L'enchanteresse still looks as young as she does and can go on producing children at will.
Belle goes on expanding her reach, a little at a time. She is not exerting her power in a way that happens to threaten the king; his people are becoming wealthier with her within magical arms' reach to help them, and she is not much for issuing commands when there is solicited help she can give, so for him the results are that he has an enchantress who may opt to do him favors and he can collect greater tax revenues. She spills out of Callia, into Albion and Hespultima and other neighboring nations and farther and farther.
Luc masters enchanting, and solicits a hexagon with which to grant himself steadiness through discomfort and the ability to - not enjoy, as he seems to find this idea unsettling, but to calmly endure - large enchantments funneled through his own mindscape. He gets it. He sets up in an enchanter's castle of his own in Kemet and does some of the same work that Belle does for nearby persons.