"You are Ethan's weakness."
"..."
"Even if Ethan's authority increases, it will never be able to defeat the imperial bloodline. The recent events might have only served to be an ignition to something bigger. However, burning everything to the ground doesn't seem to be a wise idea."
"What do you mean?"
"I definitely handed the evidence of your father's misplaced guilt and the Consort's hand in all of it to Gideon's emperor. But that old fart is doing his best to bury it. Isn't his love amazing?"
"..."
"Had that old man acted differently, I would not have personally come to meet you like this. Either way, the time has come. Don't you think it's time for you to make a decision?"
Adelina felt that the way he said 'decision' sounded like a command.
However, she couldn't tell him she didn't want to.
