"Power?"

The Lady frowned. "What a peculiar habit, Takan. To repeat words."

Lucy laughed awkwardly, promptly turning into squawking as dragons came to take off her nightshirt.

"Little canary, do not fight. We are merely preparing you for tonight."

"What for?!"

"The banquet, of course. Many females seek power for the next few moons. With the arrival of a new son, what do you think they have set their eyes on?"

If this was the Lady of the East, and Natsu her son…

"They want Natsu!"

"Exactly," purred Her Ladyship. "If they cannot have one Lord, they will have another!"