"If it's you asking, I'll absolutely help."
Lorne considered himself someone who repaid kindness.
Back in the Sea of Collective Subconscious, Audrey really had saved him once. So as long as she asked, Lorne would certainly help, even if it disrupted his plans.
He means it... As a Sequence 7 Psychiatrist, Audrey could tell that Lorne was sincere. It was only a simple promise, but she was still touched.
Just as I thought, Viscount Scott is different from the other nobles.
Recently, everyone in their social circle had been avoiding the Hall Family as though they carried the plague. No matter how close they had once been, they now wanted nothing to do with them.
When she first returned to Backlund, she had wanted to ask around for information. Yes, information-not help. Yet none of her old noble friends would even acknowledge her. Even Viscount Glaint, with whom she had been on good terms, attending salons and discussing mysticism together, had been avoiding her...
Although she had anticipated such fickleness, actually experiencing it still left her bitterly disappointed.
As a noble girl who had grown up sheltered by her family, this was her first direct encounter with the world's reality and cruelty. Had she not been a Spectator, capable of managing her own emotions and strong enough within, she might already have developed serious psychological problems.
Emperor Roselle had once said that a friend in adversity was a true friend.
In the end, only Viscount Scott was willing to step forward and help us when it mattered.
He... really is a good person.
"Hm?" When she said nothing, Lorne raised an eyebrow slightly and took a step forward.
Audrey emerged from her tangled thoughts and realized she had been a little rude. But when she looked up and noticed how