P.S. to the people that thought she wasn't doing anything, that's what real power looks like. She knows where everything is so can upset the world by just moving a pebble
If I were Cedric my butt cheeks would be clenched like a vise, my balls retracted like landing gear and I'd be sweating bullets about just WTH I'd gotten myself into
@Asbolus If I had to guess: Appearances are important to nobles, her little trail of crumbs had given him a legitimate excuse to search the Casino and give herself enough time to cut off the fatties support. Time and another potential ally (if not underling) that otherwise she would not have had.
I really like how Camellia calmly understands that Artezia all the leverage in this exchange and gracefully yields in such a way that she gets some last profit out of the jewel and leaves the door open to future negotiations.
In most other series she'd react with a shocked.jpg face and then descend into a raving mental breakdown while the narrative tells us all about how CUNNING and POWERFUL Artezia's plot is.