"What can you see from this... What is there to see?"
Stunned for a moment, Andrea recollected that there was nothing special about the people who had attacked them on the road for various reasons; neither their strength nor their identities were exceptional.
"Some barbarians from the Northern Lands, and some descendants of aristocrats who were stripped of their titles, is there something wrong with that?"
"Then, Andrea, why are the Divine Blood Nobles nobility?"
Responding with a question, Laine gently led her on.
"Because of their bloodline. Divine Blood makes it easier for them to excavate the strength within their bodies, and as long as the bloodline isn't too greatly diluted, nearly every one of them can become a professional. With strength comes status. And hereditary strength naturally brings hereditary status."
It sounded as though she were reciting from a textbook, but in fact, this was indeed what Andrea's father had told her.
