"Why do you think that?" Novaria asked, slowly sitting down on the opposite sofa.
"Isn't it obvious?" Aldric folded his burly arms across his chest. "She went to the eastern region to handle the crisis there. Belfor's arrest happened too suddenly—it has to have something to do with Elina."
"Besides, you should have noticed that Rafine Austin, the daughter of the Austin family, is at her side. It hasn't been officially announced, but I'm certain the Austins are backing her."
Recalling his earlier hesitation, anger surged again. If he had stepped forward boldly to go to the eastern region, the Austin family's support would have been his.
But he had been timid and indecisive, and now that golden opportunity was lost.
Novaria remained silent as she listened to his logical reasoning. Yet the more she thought about it, the more frustrated she became.
Back then, in her eyes, Elina had been nothing more than a younger sister inferior to her.
