Aislin glanced at Gilbert. "Have you been spending so much time with the children lately that your head suddenly filled with blue skies and tranquil seas?"
Hill felt mocked... She was clearly asking why Gilbert, whose head was full of dark, messy thoughts, would ask such a stupid question.
Although he had decided not to take those people to Sia Tower for the Hainalson Family's sake, absolutely no one would thank him for it.
Ulrich and the others, as Gilbert's immediate family, would receive the protection of Archmage Rute's branch anyway. That Gilbert would even care whether the rest lived or died was unbelievable to Aislin, who knew very well what her junior fellow disciple had endured over the years.
Then she immediately thought of the two apprentices who had brought Gilbert good news. Had something gone wrong with his head, for him to receive a little benefit and suddenly be willing to consider the interests of the family that had once abandoned him?
What an eloquent senior sister.
Rather than asking whether water had gotten into his head, she asked whether he had seen the sea.
But what could Hill do?
Could he really say that he was genuinely considering Gilbert's family?
Since he could not say that, Hilbert could only curl his lip slightly. "There are a few things I can't see clearly, so I was a little cautious with my words."
"Heh~ You've never cared about all the scheming in the Mage Tower. Did you finally notice it this time?" Aislin smiled mockingly. "What did Prout say to set those gears in your head turning?"
"He was too stupid." Hill considered it from several angles before finally saying, "So stupid that I couldn't believe the man in front of me was a Seventh-Circle Mage."
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