After his meeting with Eleanor, Kaiser fully realized how the academy had cut him off from the outside world. Here, everything seemed to function in a closed circuit. The same faces, the same corridors, the same rules. A neatly ordered universe that gave the impression of being protected from everything happening outside.
It was like a bubble. A comfortable, luxurious bubble, but a bubble nonetheless.
The chaos of the outside world seemed distant.
Ariana had also sent him the property titles along with the key to his new manor. All accompanied by a short, no-frills message. Yet another proof of the speed and seriousness with which she handled her affairs.
Kaiser twirled the key between his fingers, thoughtful.
'I wonder what she's ultimately going to ask me in exchange for acting so quickly on my interests…'
