"He's the only thing that can break your focus," Stephano observed as he stretched out his wrists.
The king and duchess had been practicing magic with one another for a couple of weeks and Stephano realized a particular pattern.
While Desmond didn't come every day considering he usually had work to attend to, the days he did come, Leonor's focus broke or Eve appeared. It showed the king she wasn't focusing her mana and made her far more impervious to attacks.
Even though Leonor was an above-average mage, Stephano had royal mana and could overpower her instantly if he didn't have the control to notice the points when she was distracted.
Considering the reason for her distractedness was standing on the wall of the outpost, Leonor's eyes widened at Stephano.
"If you're kind enough you won't say anything further," she said under her breath.
The magic she was most skilled in took a lot of bracing her core so she stretched out her back.
