Third Person's POV
To her, he was an invaluable chess piece capable of helping her achieve seemingly impossible ambitions, not a genuine partner deserving of complete honesty regarding the circumstances surrounding his own position within the academy.
At the same time, Ethan couldn't help but suspect that she had deliberately withheld this information to punish him for his unbending and arrogant attitude towards her over the past few days and make him suffer somewhat at the hands of that dangerous old man Dominic.
After all, despite her beautiful appearance and gentle smile, this woman was still one of the rulers of the Northern Glacial Region.
Someone who could scheme against her own enemies and allies alike would naturally never possess a temperament as gentle as the one she displayed before others.
Naturally, such behavior only reinforced Ethan's distrust towards this beautiful and manipulative Queen.
