Now that Michael got to know something new about his niece, there was no way he was going to let the matter rest without doing something about it. He reverted back to his original plan of gauging Ariel's full strength.
However, at the moment, he couldn't think of anything that he could possibly do to check that without having to show himself.
So, for now, he followed Ariel while fuming with rage. He was enraged that his father was playing favorites, he was enraged that he had been lied to by those tiny spies of his, and he was enraged that his mother was also playing favorites by going as far as barricading the whole Kingdom of Wyverndale.
While he was lost in his thoughts, he was already inside the dining hall. He happened to stand behind Princess Victoria because he could directly see Ariel from there.
And he was so engrossed in recalling everything from the past two decades that he didn't even realize that he had forgotten to hide his immense aura.
