'How amusing,' Aecilia thought. She couldn't help but feel amused by the fact that, after struggling all day to understand why he was trying to gather information on two different individuals—Lin Diego and Dr. Etrinia—suddenly, it became clear that they were part of a major plan already set into action by the man known as Marquess Avendial Croceaus.
After the last night's aphrodisiac event, where she herself wanted to exact revenge on the royal family for their meddling, she never expected that the Marquess had already laid all the groundwork—collecting money, assembling an army, hoarding weapons, and targeting one of the duke families—just because of what Prince Orion had done.
