A few years later, Paul came to the Latreia house seeking assistance.
There was a magical disaster in the Asura Kingdom.
A teleportation incident affecting the Fedoa region.
Paul came as the captain of the missing people's search squad, and requested assistance from the Latreia house.
When Zenith was revealed as one of the missing people, Claire naturally gave her approval.
Arguing down Carlyle, she produced both money and personnel.
She wanted to find Zenith quickly, and tell her "You see? This happened because you disobeyed me!"
However, Zenith couldn't be found.
One year, two years passed, yet her whereabouts were still undiscovered.
During that time, her husband Paul began to waste away.
Without even trying to hide his suffering, he drank even with his daughter present.
Claire thought that before Zenith, she should do something for her granddaughter, Norn.
She considered sheltering Norn in the household, and tearing her apart from her father.
And then, providing her with proper education to make her into a fine lady.
Claire believed that would be for the best.
Of course, Carlyle opposed, thus she couldn't forcibly separate Norn from Paul.
Claire impatiently passed the days while watching over Norn.
While she was doing so, Paul recovered.
From Therese's story, it seems that his eldest son, Rudeus, struck down Paul and corrected him.
Then, Claire grew interested in the person called Rudeus.
But then, taking into account the fact that he didn't even show up at their place to give his greetings, she looked down upon him, thinking such a thing to be expected of Paul's son.
After that, Paul was confirmed as a bigamist.[4]
His mistress, Lilia, and her daughter, Aisha, came to Milis.
Claire is a follower of Milis.
Taking in two wives, she didn't think such a thing could be forgiven.
However, Paul wasn't an adherent of Milis, and Claire knew better than to force her religious beliefs on others.
Several times a month, she had Paul's daughters show themselves at the Latreia residence and receive education.
Studies in good manners and customs.
To Claire, such things were a necessity, and it was only natural to study them.
Norn couldn't surpass Aisha, and was constantly sulking.
Claire hated that attitude.
It wasn't that Norn quickly gave up on things that could be done with effort.
She was afraid of losing to Aisha, and would skip crucial steps.
Seeing that, Claire said to Norn that there was no need to beat Aisha.
She instructed her to simply aim for a level of ability befitting a lady of the Latreia house.
It was Claire's way of motivation.
However, it didn't work on Norn at all.
Claire tried to motivate her in every way, but nothing worked.
The mistress's daughter, Aisha, made fun of Norn, and that angered Claire.
The angry Claire became emotional, and mistreated both Aisha and Lilia.
In the end, both Norn and Aisha left her without becoming what she wanted them to.