Leoglor's suspicion of Evan was obvious, and it made Evan chuckle as he waved his hands and replied.
"No, no no. Even I don't have that much foresight. I did know your daughter's name, but I had no idea what she looked like.
It's only recently that information dissemination has improved enough that we can easily match faces to the names of nobles from other continents."
"An improvement that you have much to do with," Leoglor remarked.
Evan went silent at this, his faint smile fading as he met Leoglor's eyes with a serious gaze.
"Exactly what are you implying?"
Leoglor turned to Taher, who nodded silently to give him permission, and the man began speaking.
"To put it bluntly, as you said earlier, we know you made significant investments in the final stages of the development of trains and airships.
