"... I think so, Mr. Ansel."
"She thinks too highly of me, that's not a good thing." Ansel sighed, "I need to find a time to talk to her."
Indeed, the hardships Seraphina endured in the Red Frost Territory stemmed from her erroneous decisions, yet the root of these decisions… was Ansel's deliberate design.
From Ansel, there came an unmasked cruelty and the resolve of a villain.
— To conquer fate, one must sacrifice everything, for any hesitation is fatal when facing such adversaries.
Ansel of Hydral had long recognized that he never had the luxury of choice.
Seraphina worried about his mental state, concerned about the man who once cared about Helen but now seemed indifferent to her life or death, wondering what psychological impact or damage this might have caused him.
Ansel appreciated Seraphina's concern for him, but in reality, her worries were entirely unnecessary.