Aislin gave her junior fellow disciple a very sincere smile. "Even if you give them everything, someone will always think you're holding something back.
Normally, I wouldn't bother with this sort of thing. Let those idiots imagine whatever they like.
But you should know that, because of the recent overhaul of apprentice resources, some people in the Mage Tower have started getting restless... and someone seems to be trying to muddy the waters.
The Hainalson Family showed up at just the right moment, and so naturally, that those muddy waters suddenly developed a whirlpool. We may not know where it began or where it leads, but we can see who gets swept into it.
Of course, we won't actively do anything to harm the Hainalson Family, but... if they abandon their family themselves, then..."
Hilbert glanced at Aislin. "I'll warn them, sternly and solemnly."
Aislin smiled. "You should know that pressure won't change people's hearts. Desire always overrides some people's sense of mortal danger."
"You still don't understand nobles very well." Hilbert smiled. "They'll know what to do."
Aislin frowned.
Gilbert, her junior fellow disciple, was actually very difficult to read.
Of course, Aislin knew Gilbert wouldn't become her enemy over people who chose to betray their family... though his words also contained a warning: Gilbert had no interest in interfering with temptations involving profit and the like, but coercion and magical control were absolutely forbidden.
Not only could Aislin not do those things herself, she also had to stop anyone else from doing them.
That had been the main condition Gilbert stipulated when he handed over this mental power cultivation method, and Aislin certainly wouldn't violate it.
She was actually a little wary of Gilbert.
She hadn't wanted to make an enemy of this junior fellow disciple even when