Responding to Ilona's question, Aldrian just nodded. This made her heart want to burst with happiness, but then, as if the bubble popped, she was brought back to the ground again. She suppressed her happiness as she took a deep breath and looked at Aldrian, frowning.
"Your Majesty, how can you be so sure you could heal my parents? Even if you heard about their condition from Elder Vars, I don't think you could diagnose what happened to them just from his explanation. My parents—especially my father's condition—is peculiar, which even made the famous physician confused," she said.
"Moreover, why do you want to help me, or more specifically, my parents, who come from a family that has bad intent toward you or your empire?"
Aldrian kept his smile.
"Before I answer your question, I would like to ask something about the current condition of the Barevisk family, because my answer has something to do with it," he said, which was met with a nod from Ilona.
