William looked at this Carl with an odd gaze; he could sense that the surrounding nobles all had weird expressions on their faces.
"The Sorcerer Tower has always wanted to be independent. Hill is just an excuse, not the reason," William said with a chuckle, still not revealing much.
This Carl never learns, always meddling where others find him a nuisance.
Everyone knows the deal with Hill.
Only Carl brings it up, without realizing that even Miller thinks he's being foolish.
The Mage Association can no longer reach into Saral; now, the most powerful mage force in Saral is only that of Fran's lineage, and it's obvious that Hill would follow in his grandfather's footsteps.
None of the nobles of Saral who have read Hill's Biography have mentioned it openly because they all understand that for the next few hundred years, the lineage of Fran is not to be trifled with.