"How amusing, Miss Aecilia," Avendial said, hearing Aecilia's seamless words as she mentioned needing payment for the information about the doctor. He couldn't help but shake his head, causing her to glance in his direction without turning her head. With a smile forming and giving her a sidelong glance, he asked, "I also want payment from the Sertsul family for using my name in the Free Cities all this time."
"Th-that's... you knew?" Aecilia blinked in surprise at how Avendial was aware of the Sertsul family using his name so freely in the cities.
Given that he was mostly a single nobleman who had never interacted with or even entered the Free City, nor had he shown any repercussions for his name being used, she had assumed he wouldn't know.
