Claudius laughs, and decides to tell an illustrative story, but tell it in a different way. "In the world I came from, I had just executed the first step in a plan to take over a kingdom. Naturally, I'm uneasy leaving work unfinished, and I soon started looking for other objectives to distract myself. I had a very dramatic misunderstanding with Luo Binghe, early on, because we both share the same ambitious mindset. We both intended to become leaders of the mansion ... yet somehow never directly made it known to each other. So when Luo Binghe found out, he was not best-pleased." As he speaks, he builds his own defenses on the board. He keeps his plays gentle, testing, sticking to uncontested territory before conflict becomes inevitable. When he strays closer to Liu Mingyan's side, it feels like a deliberate probe to see if Liu Mingyan will switch from defensive tactics, rather than a sincere attempt at offense.