"I genuinely care about Dimo's well-being, so I want to help him. He's a child after all. Adults should be protecting him, not endangering his life, or trying to kill him as Sonia did. But of course, I'm not doing this purely out of goodwill. I also have ulterior motives."
"Oh, you do?" Ferdinand eyed her.
[Why does she have to deny being kind? She's been helping everyone even those who tried to harm her.]
'Because I'm not doing it out of kindness. I simply knew everything he went through in my past life. And he was someone who stood by me until the end, simply because I treated him better than his guildmates. And I simply thought, maybe, other people needed second chances too, the way I did.'
"Yes, I do."
After all, Olivier is a vast duchy with rich resources. If they became part of Valeria, they would be a boost to Valeria's coffers. Not that she was planning to make them a part of Valeria now.
What she wanted was Olivier's strategic location.
