"What situation? What kind of situation?"
The Elven King fell silent.
Ilodyer waited for a while but he didn't speak.
Just as he was about to say something, the Elven King began to speak, his voice somewhat muted, clearly reluctant to bring it up.
"That time, when Leslies came to Evergreen Glade Forest... I thought you liked Rhys. And the next day you left. I knew you would leave, so the barrier I set up had no rebound effect."
The Elven King paused and continued, "The Elven kingdom of Evergreen Glade Forest would dissolve without my support, so I needed to leave and retrieve the power stored with the dragon clan... You know, the dragons in the Eastern Continent are the most temperamental."
"I can tell," Ilodyer replied flatly.
He could even see he was using someone else to commit murder.
The next words the Elven King didn't say, Ilodyer could guess.