The Angry In-Law

Following the tall Elven woman, she led them to the side of the tree palace, where a root the size of a train sunk into the ground. Touching the root, she mumbled something under her breath and the root opened up like a sideways eye, before lighting up in bright green.

"After you," the woman said, turning toward the king and maid.

Nodding his head, Astaroth gestured the maid to go first, before following immediately after. Stepping in the bright light, his body felt sucked inside the root, travelling at high speeds, not unlike when he used Luna's Travelling Roots spell.

They soon exited through the wooden surface, inside a brightly lit room filled with luxurious wooden furniture and plants in every corner. By the massive desk in the middle of the room, he could guess this was the woman's office, if he went solely by her title of commander.