With the Sky Knight brigade stationed on Glass Island, Iver could finally breathe a sigh of relief and settle down to study properly.
Because Meg had reincarnated as Ligeia, Avalon no longer needed to rush into resurrecting Lancelot to protect the country. As a result, the Queen did not need to die for the time being either, which indirectly postponed the Shadow Angel crisis.
Queen Sofia now clearly hoped to stay alive.
Sooner or later, Avalon and Stibnite were bound to fight. Queen Sofia's thoughts were much the same as Iver's and Ligeia's... As long as things were handled properly, this war could actually become an opportunity for Avalon.
But there was one prerequisite: Avalon had to avoid any major upheaval.
Those old men and loafers were all useless trash, but they still held power. The still-naive Isabel might truly be unable to keep them in check, and she lacked the ruthless insight needed to select talents from the younger generation.
However, Queen Sofia herself had no problem doing so.
During this period, she could take the opportunity to teach Isabel a few things... and have Iver help guide her as well.
The reason she had never taught Isabel how to govern was probably different from Isabel's own belief that I'm not suited to inherit Avalon. After all, if that had truly been the reason, she would never have managed to ask Master Yanis to protect Isabel and teach her supernatural arts.
At that time, the curse had already begun spreading. Yet Queen Sofia neither allowed Master Yanis to protect her nor let her investigate the curse-bearers. Instead, she had her protect a young girl who stood very low in the line of succession and might not even be compatible with the Path of Authority? "Looking at it this way,