"Me?" Ilona asked in confusion.
Aldrian nodded. "Yes, you. Now I want to ask, why did the patriarch send you, the one he knows is from the side that hates you, here as envoy?"
Ilona was stunned, but then she answered. "To be honest, that was also my question at first. But after I thought it through, I think I can guess what is in that bastard's mind."
"I suppose he sent someone he could discard if something went wrong with this trip. He already seemed to sense that something was wrong with Elder Vars, so he sent me to test the waters. If something went wrong and something happened to me, he would not lose anything, and he could even use this event as proof that their actions all this time were already known to Your Majesty, which would then allow them to look for a way to solve it."
