[quote=@Mihndar]
[@Willy Vereb]
For reference Premier Velikaya is 32, so probably only barely adult by their standards.
[/quote]Yeah, I am perfectly aware of that. That's why I refered to Velikaya as mere youth.
Then again all elves are aware that humans mature faster.
It's just that not all elves agree that what humans refer to be "adult" is anywhere close to their terms.
So yeah, given that the emperor is on the top of the aristocrats of Yllendthyr he pretty much considers young rulers as children playing around with toys way too big for them to control.
You can easily retort to this statement but you probably won't ever change his mind.
At best he'd say to your accomplishments to "not bad for a mere child, I'm looking forward to the time she matures".