"...Your Highness Elysion, I must ask. Did you come here to check on my son with the intention of forcibly taking him to the capital? To use him as leverage... as a hostage?"
The Stone Marchioness narrowed her eyes, her gaze sharp, almost as if she was ready for a confrontation or even a war.
"That's absolutely not the case. I have no interest in the historical disputes of the past."
"Then...?"
"Allow me to be frank. I met Alyssum Stone himself on the day of the entrance ceremony."
"I'll be frank. I met Stone himself on the day of the entrance ceremony."
I leaned forward and told the Stone Marchioness directly.
The real reason I came here.
"Haha, that's quite a joke. Do you think you can travel all the way from here to the capital, Kadith, in such a short time?"
"I came here by carriage, so I know firsthand how far it is. But... this is the truth."