Let’s go back to the beginning and rethink everything.

First, the first wife, Arte Loffelman, is only interested in her research. She doesn’t pay much attention to the servants under her and doesn’t long for the love of the Northern Duke, Daisy.

After all, didn’t she already produce a son and a daughter? Her son is the heir to the family, so even if she were after power, she has no reason to target Neriel.

So, either the servants acted out of malice and stole Neriel’s letters, or...

An external force wishing for internal discord in the Duke’s household intervened, …