Chapter 31: Successor Trial [3]
"Enough. Don’t talk nonsense and just do your work. You’re my servant, so do as you’re told."
With that, Alice turned her horse around and rode off without another word.
I watched her go, then let out a small sigh and shrugged.
"Yeah... that’s more or less the reaction I expected," I muttered.
But it didn’t matter. She was already caught in the net.
From what I knew of the game, Alice Draken wasn’t someone easily swayed by flattery or manipulation.
No—she was someone who lived to prove herself. Who needed to.
All I did was stir that fire in her heart just enough. And now she was moving exactly how I wanted her to.
She just didn’t realize it yet.
Alice exhaled slowly, her breath misting in the cold air as she tried to calm herself.
She hated being like this—off-balance, reactive. She’d trained too hard and endured too much to let someone like him push her buttons.