章 309: The Snake Grants No Rest - III

"...Your Grace, your implication is," Ravenna's gaze sharpened, "that my grandfather's death is indeed connected to certain individuals within the Etheric Academy, correct?"

"No, quite the opposite," the Duke of Magus Primus shook his head. 

"To my knowledge, none within the supreme nine seats harbored overt malice towards Eileen. You could say... at least no one wished to directly end his life — the difficulty was too great, the cost too high." 

"But—" 

"Yet he died, silently, ha... I initially thought it was a false rumor," the middle-aged man expressed with a hint of melancholy, "Who could have foreseen such an event?"

Ravenna remained silent, her delicate and beautiful visage exuding a frosty demeanor, rejecting any attempt to probe her thoughts.

"Yet you still suggest that if I continue my investigation, it will affect the Etheric Academy." 

After a long pause, Ravenna spoke again.