What are you hiding?
Alfred said in a troubled tone, "Ian." What was running through his head was known in his heart. Nobody had a deeper sense of the emperor than he did.
Alfred said, "I'll go along with you."
"Uncle, I—" Ian was about to say he could go alone, but before he could finish the sentence, Alfred cut off his sentence. Alfred said, "Ian, she is my daughter. You, people, do not know what I'm terrified of. I'm not sure what's happening there, but I have a bad feeling about it. We are all responsible for paying for it."
Ian didn't try to persuade his uncle, since he understood what was going through Alfred's head. Ian agreed with Alfred's claim by nodding. His uncle was right, so there was no way to refuse him; Adela was his daughter, and it was natural for him to be nervous. Ian knew well that his uncle was stronger than everyone else. Therefore, if he visited the palace, the emperor would be hesitant to act.