[He has no idea why Felix is suddenly "defending" Claude but he's not about to stand for this. Or rather, he absolutely is. Fast enough to knock his chair over and slosh his tea over the table, furious.]

If you think for a moment I would stand against Claude you're more fool than I thought. I did everything in my power to undermine my Father's plans and keep what powers I could out of the hands of those monsters.

[He had died to ensure they would never be able to abuse his blood again, had pulled the Count's focus from Claude and Derdriu to the Southern borders of their territory by putting himself in harms way. Don't lecture him about how he didn't do enough.]