Rute glanced at Aislin and could not help sighing. "If you don't curb this greed of yours, this need to have everything, what are you going to do in the future?"
He shook his head in frustration. "You keep saying you'll behave once we reach Sia Tower... but look at how you've acted lately. Does that sound convincing?
If you really could behave yourself, why would you go after Gilbert?
By the time he could pose a threat to you... we would surely be heading to Sia Tower."
Aislin clenched her fists. "I know Gilbert was desperate to recover, even willing to take the risk before you returned, because he was preparing to go to Sia Tower.
But, Master, Gilbert is too clever, and he's become far too decisive.
In the past, he never would have let outsiders strike at the Hainalson Family so easily. He couldn't bring himself to be that ruthless.
Even though not every member of his family deserved his attention, he still showed how reluctant he was to let them go.
But this time... he really did nothing.
I never worried about Gilbert before because his weakness was so obvious. But this time, I can't find anything to latch on to."
Rute looked rather helpless. "Why do you need to find his weakness? He's your junior fellow disciple, not your enemy!
As long as you don't go after him first, do you think he has so much time on his hands that he has to attack you?
Gilbert is such a purely scholarly mage. What on earth about him makes you feel threatened?"
"I don't know..." Aislin said forlornly. "I really don't know, but my instincts keep warning me..."
"Ah... listen, Aislin..." Norm Oliva, who had been standing silently beside them, finally could not hold back.