Bab 84: The Height of Your Power

When Artie landed in front of them and then Larkin walked towards her, Havina wanted to go and stop him from moving anymore. However, there was something about Artie that made her stop instead. She should have believed her Queen Mother when she said that Artie Shen was not from Kaigansa and that none of them should think that Artie Shen was a simple maiden.

The Queen Dowager¹ knew that Larkin could only be bought by sincerity, and only the truly treacherous could deceive him. Sarafina Talcum had once succeeded in fooling the archduke, and so the Queen Dowager knew that he would be more guarded than usual—even closing off from everyone who could be used in quite a grand scheme against him… be it them manipulating him or them dying for Larkin's tears.