Delphine felt a chill all over her body, and said in disbelief, "How is that possible?"
Ignatius Leclair was someone with incredible inner strength; words like cowardice, depression, or decadence never appeared in association with this man.
Every step of his life was planned out, how could he just disappear like that?
Arthur White sighed softly, his face somewhat haggard, and said in a low voice, "You probably don't know, but on the night dealing with Jocelyn Yeager, when you and Griffith Squire planned to leave the South Seas, I had informed Ignatius early on. That night, Ignatius wasn't pursuing Miss Delphine, but was there to see you off. Otherwise, with the sixth elder's methods, even if the whole street was on fire, young master Nicholas couldn't have been taken away by Griffith Squire."
"Ignatius had been waiting for you to make a decision, whether to stay or leave. Even if you chose to leave, he still held a sliver of hope, believing you might come back."
