Arthur remained silent for a long while, then nodded: "Yes... it was intentional. From the moment she stepped off the airplane in Country M, I knew. But... I never expected that later, she would change everything about me."
Back then, Arthur didn't immediately approach Scarlett Glenn. Instead, he had someone follow her and report her daily movements—what she was doing, where she was going.
After some time, he became somewhat interested in Scarlett Glenn. So, he began to follow her himself. As he kept following... he found himself falling into it. Then, he seized an opportunity—when Scarlett Glenn was being chased and almost killed—to "coincidentally" save her.
Thus, the friendship between Scarlett Glenn and Arthur officially began. During those three years in Country M, he was Scarlett Glenn's only friend, the one person she always deemed incredibly, incredibly important.
But...
