Lynn suddenly tapped his forehead.
He laughed under Hill's astonished gaze. "From now on, whenever I run into something this tangled, I'll come ask you first.
"I've realized that I'm always confused by past experience. I'm not nearly as decisive as you when making choices.
"This time too. If I'd asked you earlier, I wouldn't have spent several days fussing over it. Maybe I could've sent them away sooner and gotten rid of those unstable elements in the inn as well."
It took Hill a while to understand what Lynn meant. He asked in confusion, "Lynn, how could my opinion of you possibly be affected by Aglaia's followers? No matter how devout they are, what does that have to do with me?
"Even if they all died right in front of me, Aglaia wouldn't feel anything.
"And even if you wrecked Aglaia City, it wouldn't matter. We could just rebuild it afterward!
"You don't need to worry about such pointless things."
Lynn shook his head with a laugh. "I don't want Aglaia City to disappear. I know you trust me. It's just that I don't want to trust myself too much.
"Hill, you know the Moonflower Family's past... The foreign Elves they first accepted were also sincerely grateful in the beginning. Yet the Moon Elf Royal Family merely declined for two generations because of that Elf-Eater invasion... and the world changed beyond recognition.
"No one knows whether the future me will still be the same person I am now. It's better to bind my own hands and feet first.
"Without opportunity, there is naturally no betrayal. Human nature cannot withstand testing.
"Besides, Hill, one day I'll have my own wife and children. What if they become greedy because of the excessive power I hold?
"Just like Evermeet..."
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