Marco let out a bitter laugh. "Don't ask me. After hearing what you just said, I'm starting to question everything I thought I knew. What was I even thinking...?"
This was truly what he was thinking right now.
The Ernst Clan, Lydia, even his own Nascimento Clan...
He'd thought he understood why they were doing all this, but now... All he could think was, 'I was such an idiot!'
"...It was the result of the Council's compromise!"
She was filled with indignation for Director Ales, who had just been sacrificed.
What was even harder for her to accept was that the Council had actually agreed to the Noble Committee's terms and willingly abandoned Ales...
"What...? The Council?!"
Marco clearly couldn't accept this truth either. "Why would they do that?"
"Sigh. It was Governor Samir's order. This morning, the Department found the secret directive in Director Ales's office."
'So that's how it was!'
