Chapter 724
"Who knows?" Ian turned his gaze away indifferently and lifted his glass to his lips. "I’m not so sure myself."
"Pardon?" Seras blinked, a beat too slow. It was clearly not the answer she had expected.
Ian offered no further explanation and simply took a sip. Enough had already been made clear. As far as he was concerned, there was little reason to concern himself with Hyked’s next move.
As Seras tilted her head, Thesaya interjected, a sly smile curving her lips. "Would he not already be on the move? Toward the capital. He knows the pursuit will begin soon. Before he is pinned down, he will advance as far as possible."
"That would make sense." Seras glanced at her from the corner of her eye and nodded. "The closer he draws to the capital, the greater the risk of being attacked first."
"Exactly. Now that His Highness has set foot on the mainland, time is no longer on His Majesty’s side," Thesaya replied smoothly.
She then fixed Seras with a peculiar look. "I suspect there will be greater friction between His Majesty and the Great Church. Mistakes will be made. And when that happens, the future Your Highness foresaw will come to pass."
Seras, who had been listening with narrowed eyes, slowly bit her lower lip.
Ian lowered his glass and frowned faintly at Thesaya, silently questioning whether that point truly needed to be pressed.