Declaration of War

Once the succession was taken care of, Richard acted like Yori and Ensio had disappeared. He stared at the grand mages, “I want to find out who caused this. I don’t care who I offend, who I killed; the sky might fall down, but I’m going to get to the bottom of this. Those who are willing to help can join me.”

Ensio and Yori looked at each other awkwardly. They had just made plays to snatch control of the Deepblue away, but despite that they fully wanted to help look for Sharon and the source of her troubles. However, without Richard explicitly inviting them, they couldn’t bring themselves to ask if they could join. It was obvious from his expression that he didn’t consider them even useful to his plans. Of course, the grand mages didn’t have any such concerns, all agreeing to aid the search immediately...