Rojas carefully recalled everything related to Coyle. "He clearly has no presence to speak of, yet he can build a good relationship with someone like Gilbert. And he even managed to make Archmage Rute choose him over so many Seventh-Circle Mages stronger than he is.
Even when Oliva and Aislin were both present, he wasn't suppressed into being unable to speak. How could someone like that possibly be easy to deal with?"
Sonia looked somewhat confused. "Wasn't Teacher's goal simply for us to stay safe?"
Rojas nodded, then shook her head. "That may be mine, but it isn't his.
Coyle clearly stepped forward for his own ambitions, to go farther and faster along the path of magic.
He will definitely try to tear off a piece of flesh from those two.
I know Oliva and Aislin well enough too. I know how to avoid drawing too much of their attention.
Besides... those two, especially Oliva, have been very well disciplined by Archmage Rute.
As long as we don't provoke him, it'll be fine.
As for Aislin... we can leave Aislin alone for now.
Don't be fooled by how fiercely she's been making trouble lately. In truth, her mind is no longer on our side.
I don't know what exactly at Sia Tower has caught her interest, but with her usual temperament, until things over there are settled, she'll only glance our way when she occasionally wants to kill time.
As long as we're careful, there won't be a problem.
Come to think of it, Aislin at least isn't like certain female Mages who wield great authority and hate young, pretty girls.
Even women who crossed paths with her because of those pretty boys will be dealt with according to whether they took part in persecuting her and whether they knew