60 I take it that you came here with a plan?

Asher stared at Seraphina for a while and then,

"Vaan is blackmailing me."

"Huh?" Seraphina frowned in confusion.

Then with a serious look on his face, Asher started,

"Vaan isn't the same as before, he has changed, a lot more than you think."

"I know, I have met hi-"

"No, you do not know. I know you met him and I can tell that you think that he still likes you, but in truth, he does not. He was acting all along.

I do not know what happened but do not treat Vaan like the fool he was before. He is a lot smarter and more ruthless than before.

He forced me and my friends to steal 20 Elemental Stones from our family treasury and give it to him. He threatened us that if we do not do it, he would use the power of the Vesta Family to put our family in a disadvantageous situation."

Asher revealed the truth.