Colin's point was that the emperor blocked Ober from mounting a counterattack before he rose in revolt. That was a very plausible speculation, and Marianne agreed to some extent.
"But Ober may not act rationally as you think."
Marianne recalled her death just a few days ago.
Her appearance at the garden that night was probably an unexpected variable that Ober hadn't planned for. And as soon as he was faced with the variable, he immediately changed his plan and drowned her in the lake. Maybe these people did not know Ober's true character yet.
"That's…" Colin slurred the end of his sentence. It wasn't because he didn't know how to respond, but because he wasn't sure if it was okay to answer a little more.
He hesitated and then looked at Eckart.
"If you know too much, it will be hard for you to deceive Ober because you are overly honest," Eckart said, twitching his crossed fingertips. His tone was strangely provocative.