"Go ahead. You're going to ask anyway, even if I don't let you, right?" she said.
"Haha, okay. Mark Neville seems to have been pressured into telling everything, just because you're here," he said.
She smiled. "Do you want to know about the Castles? Why do we have so much influence?"
He nodded. That was exactly what he wanted to know.
"Okay." She leaned back in her chair. "There are many things that outsiders shouldn't know, but there are others that everyone should know." She glanced at him as she spoke.
"The Castles aren't as divided as you think they are. You see us fighting over resources and battling each other to see who will rise above. Who will be the next Habsburg among us?"
"But, deep down, all this is nothing more than sibling rivalry," she said.
"Siblings?" He looked at her, confused. What did she mean?
"Yes. Although we don't share the same blood, we are all close allies. In fact, have you ever heard of the Table of Rulers?"
