Why had Alfred originally thought of establishing his own secret Nest in Toussaint? Wasn't it because Xianna possessed an indisputable right of succession? Back then, he had planned to eliminate Yetana, have Xianna rightfully become the duchess, and then, with Xianna's cooperation, develop his own stronghold right under the noses of The Triad.
But his plan had been ruined by Solam, forcing him to resort to a lesser option and cut his losses in time by rushing into the royal palace to seize the Holy Grail.
Xianna's argument was simply flawless. Now, the only person who could truly judge Xianna was the Pope of the Radiance Church, because the coronation of a duchess was presided over by the Pope of the Radiance Church. But that was a matter for later, and had nothing to do with the nobles.
The current situation was that every scheme the nobles had harbored had come to nothing!
Thus, everyone turned their eyes toward the current duchess, Yetana! After all, Xianna's speech was undoubtedly questioning Yetana's legitimacy. This was clearly a move to overthrow Yetana!
Yetana too stared dumbfoundedly at her elder sister. She had never expected that, while she had exhausted herself trying to save Xianna, Xianna still wanted to deal with her even now! At that moment, Yetana truly felt betrayed.
"Looking at you, it seems you never expected this, my little sister. That shouldn't be the case. You were smart from childhood—at least smarter than me. How could you not have expected it?" Xianna smiled as she looked at Yetana. "Didn't you know my goal from the very beginning? I wanted to take back everything that belonged to me!"
"Why?" Yetana murmured.
"What do you mean, why?" Xianna asked as though she had no idea what Yetana was asking.
"Why? Why did