Rayne did not reach out to take it.
The All-Seeing Eye saw through the envelope. It contained only an ordinary sheet of letter paper, with no spells or anything else attached to it. It was perfectly safe.
An invisible telekinetic hand opened the letter in midair, and he quickly read through it.
The handwriting was neat, and the contents were not long.
The letter, signed by Dubostan, was written to Ansiwodoss. It said that over the past two years, Consul Gneus had grown too close to Rayne Augustus. This time, the consul's election had also received the full support of the Modu School, which had aroused suspicion.
At the same time, Gneus had resolved to accomplish something during his final term.
He had already served four terms and would have no next term, so he wanted to do something practical for the Empire during his last ten years. With the support of the Modu School, he intended to carry out sweeping reforms and no longer obey the Grey Eagle Duke's every word as he had in the past.
He had not expected the news to leak.
A little over a month ago, when Gneus went to Falanis Floating City, he was berated to his face by the Grey Eagle Duke and returned in disgrace.
However, this not only failed to change Gneus's mind; instead, he decided to go all the way and completely join the Modu School.
Rayne reached this point and thought that the timing matched.
A little over a month ago was when he had invited Gneus to attend the unveiling ceremony. The other party had hesitated for several days before finally accepting the invitation.
Only now did he know the reason.
The second half of the letter said that the Grey Eagle Duke seemed to have noticed