Alita soon received news of Darius's departure from the Crinudel. She again sat down and asked for an apple to eat. Tielo served her demand before watching her biting the apple calmly. But the way her eyes were trained on nothingness, he understood that she was thinking about something.
"Queen Alita, may I ask something?" He asked after a few minutes of silence.
Alita nodded her head as she took another bite from her apple and chewed it slowly.
"Why did you tell Lord Darius that you don't have more Painite? As far as I remember, you still have some of it." Tielo was puzzled, not understanding what was running in his queen's head.
Alita sighed. "Tielo, the amount I have is insufficient for Darius's plan. Besides, you know how important Painite is, especially after Darius told about his experiment. I can't risk losing all of it for the sake of his success.