Julius would be accessing if she is a threat and with the great signal light that was sent to the sky, the whole realm would have known that the sword is taken.
He could now deflect and say that Arioch left with the sword, and he is the evil that has to be purged. That would make a lot of his efforts easier and-
«Uh!»
He bit his tongue as he realized what he is thinking. He is thinking of doing the same thing Luke did, exactly. And he is even thinking of making Arioch the "Hero" the common people are waiting for, making Arioch win.
In their previous life, when Luke offered his help to hide the true identity of Alexandra, he welcomed his help. He needed help as he didn't have the means to protect Alexandra and so the genuine-guy act of Luke fooled him. But he slowly started to realize that Luke is taking her achievements as his own and sucking the life out of Alexandra.
