Aislin did not quite understand what Gilbert was hinting at, but she did know that among Rute's students, only Gilbert's mind worked fast enough—and he would not want to screw her over.
Oliva could be trusted too, but she did not trust Oliva's brain in the slightest.
As for Rute... just as Aislin had told Gilbert earlier, she had always felt that her teacher was wonderful in every way except for the utterly pointless way he treated that person who should have died long ago like a treasure.
Aislin had always felt that, between that person and herself, her teacher would choose that thing that was no longer human.
Though she could guess that it had been that person's self-sacrifice in the past that had allowed Rute to establish himself in the Black Mystery Tower as an Advanced Magus, wasn't that all in the past now?
Aislin could not understand why Rute refused to let go when he clearly knew the other party had become a burden.
But it was not as though she understood nothing.
Just as Rute had never given up on her while she had struggled to survive at the hands of "Aislin" some time ago, their teacher had always been someone unwilling to abandon his feelings.
But she could not tell Gilbert, who knew none of this... Sigh~ Aislin suddenly felt that she had grown quite a bit. In the past, she would definitely have told him about it and had Gilbert find a way to deal with that burden.
Even knowing that doing so would make Rute hate Gilbert, perhaps even vent his anger on her for speaking up, Aislin felt those minor costs were worth it.
After all, they no longer had to remain in the Black Mystery Tower as they had in the