He's conflicted as he doesn't want to leave Lia.
Claude sponsors her an opportunity to attend the royal academy where she takes the entrance exam and has the first perfect score that she can skip a grade and start at 9th level.
He takes it and tells the servant he will deliver it and heads upstairs.
Think of it like feudal Japan where the shogun required many of his vassals to send their son to live in the imperial palace to control the vassals from deciding to revolt again the him.
Wade is ahead of them.
They are both concerned with Kieran because he should know the fragile alliance that is wearing thin.