Aislin looked at Ruth in surprise, then tilted her head back to recall her interactions with Gilbert after his body recovered: "It seems like, there's no difference, except he's more annoying."
Ruth smiled helplessly: "At first, I didn't suspect anything, also because of this point.
Gilbert, when dealing with you, is always full of energy."
If it's really as he thought, Gilbert Hainarson indeed gained that sliver of fate... then the inexplicable hatred between him and Aislin could be understood.
This was the point he hadn't been able to figure out all these years.
Clearly, Gilbert, due to his physical condition, was the least likely to compete with Aislin for power, yet Aislin was the most wary of Gilbert's existence.
Sometimes, she would even abandon Oliva to trouble Gilbert first... When dealing with someone like her fellow disciples, where she could only bother and not kill, Aislin's primary choice was generally Oliva.
