Elliot felt as though his mind had exploded.
L-Lady Camilla?!
What did this mean?
Had Lady Camilla found him?
What about the Difference Engine? Help! Had she traced him all the way back and taken over his Difference Engine?!
Elliot was dumbstruck!
He had already tried to set his expectations of his parents high, yet they had still far exceeded them!
It had only been an ordinary ritual. He had not even gone himself, instead controlling someone else to attend in his place, and had considered himself cautious enough.
Yet his father had handed him the position of family head and walked into the furnace, while his mother had found her way to him across the Sea of the Moon?!
Elliot forced out a smile, but inwardly, his vigilance reached its peak.
He knew too little. Whether the presence in the Difference Engine before him really was Lady Camilla was still an open question!
"Mother? What exactly is going on?"
At his question, the Difference Engine's Brass Dial began turning again, soon assembling another sentence:
[You did not come in person after all. It seems you really did it.]
Elliot froze. Had Lady Camilla seen through his disguise?
He was about to offer an explanation, but Lady Camilla skipped straight past the subject:
[You did well before, but there are still things you must do now.]
[Michel and Sidney's expedition should be about to begin, correct? Tell them that you are succeeding as family head. At this point, they will not object, and they will recognize it in the Royal Family's name on behalf of His Majesty.]
[That will firmly establish your position, leaving you with no worries on that front.]
[Do not worry about the expedition. I will be assisting you from now on. This is also an opportunity