Russell naturally understood that his uncles did not truly share the same thoughts as those idiots who were even dumber than Felis after he had taken stupidity pills. They merely hoped to use this opportunity to grab a little more for themselves.
How should he put it... As Gilbert's only attachment to the family, Ulrich was the most important link for those sensible people who already knew Gilbert had hopes of recovering and could continue down the path of an Archmage. While Ulrich still retained some feelings for the family, they needed to strengthen the ties between both sides.
After all, the family's current plight proved everything.
The Hainalson Family knew perfectly well whether what had happened to them was because of Gilbert or because of the family's unspeakable past. Yet they could never stop some people from believing the nonsense spouted by those outsiders who fooled fools: that the Hainalson Family had been dragged into this chaos because Gilbert was about to recover.
Within the Black Mystery Tower, many people... not only the other two tower masters, but even some from Archmage Rute's faction, did not want Gilbert to succeed.
This mess had been created to disrupt his recovery.
Thus, the tragic experiences of those Hainalson Family members were all because Gilbert had abandoned them without hesitation... If he had come out early to settle the turmoil, those people who thought they had an opportunity to exploit certainly would not have wavered!
When Russell first heard such idiocy, he had merely dismissed it with a scornful smile.
There was nothing entirely wrong with that statement; it was even partly true... The reason people continued pouring enormous resources into tempting those fools during the latter half of this chaos was already far from pure.
Russell would not deny that people