Alicia felt scared upon hearing Ivan’s confession.

Ivan looked at her carefully, searching into account any detail, just in case the news made Alicia faint.

“Since a long time ago my mother’s had great interest in creating a huge nation capable of fighting against the Toulouse Empire. To achieve that, she wanted to unite Coulson and Ehrlich under the same banner. That’s why she committed that terrible crime…”

“But… those were also the Queen Mother’s relatives. How could she…?”

“I’ve told you before, have I not? My mother is someone capable of extreme cruelty… even to the people close to her”.

Alicia remembered the words he’d said to her in...