In the only inn that was close to Antares, there are special rooms from which only rich or important people could get in. The rooms were spacious and more beautiful than normal rooms that were little and had obviously spent no effort in decorating it.
Inside of one of the special rooms, sat a woman with a dark veil on her head, covering her face.
Outside the room's door, a man that was a regular at the bar of the inn, knocked. "Miss, I was asked to bring your tea." the man stated.
The woman smiled behind her veil and did not answer. Instead, she knocked on the table in front of where she sat as a signal for the man to come in. After hearing it, the man hesitated to come in but still did at the end.
He came in while holding a tray and saw a figure of a woman that was wearing a dress of a dark blue shade, covering her body until her feet. She was wearing a headband with a star in the middle, centered on her forehead. On the headband was a veil that covered her face.
The man was curious of what she looked like, but it was rude of him if he asked to take the veil off.
He put the tray down and arranged the tea cup and tea pot properly onto the table. "So this is her..." the man said in his mind, the woman was very mysterious and some even put up a bounty in search of her.
Even nobles would pay up a large amount of gold, diamonds or jewelleries just to see her.
"Miss, the owner has asked me to tell you," he said and the woman turned her head, waiting for him to continue his words.
"The Prince of Canopus was looking for you."
The woman was about to sip her tea but stopped as she heard what the man said and smiled,
"I know."
The man froze as he heard her voice, it was as if time had stopped for him. Such an angelic voice, for the first time he had heard it. 'I must be very lucky that the girl they are searching for has spoken to me!' he thought.
"You there," the woman said to the man, the man surprised, immediately turned to her and went near her, "Yes, miss?" he asked.
The woman put her hand gently at the man's shoulder and it tickled him a bit by her touch, he was very nervous but was liking the feeling a lot.
She touched his head turning it to the direction of the door and went near his ears, "What are you waiting for?" she whispered and sweat was dripping on his forehead as his face was getting red.
She giggled silently at the man's reaction. She extended her other hand and pointed at the door, "You can leave now."
The man's eyes slightly widened, 'O-oh, so she meant that I should leave. I thought...' his face flushed red, embarrassed by what he thought it meant. "I shall take my leave now, miss." he said and rushed out of the room in shame.
The woman chuckled and inside the veil, she drank from her cup.
"Did you show yourself to Prince Caliber on purpose for him to start finding you?" a figure said near her bed.
The woman shut her eyes and smiled, "Hm, why would you think that way?" she asked, amused by its question.
"Because that is how you are."
She turned to the figure of the person and the corners of her lips rose up, "And what if I did?"
The figure did not answer her question, "What was fated to happen, shall happen."
The woman sighed and shook her head boredly, everyone knows that phrase. No one can change fate. "If what is fated to happen will happen, it is fine to at least bring some fun since the ending will still be the same, right?"
If you change something in the middle, it won't affect the end if it is fated, though that was what she believed. "Every second of time is fated. Old lady, do not bring me too much trouble."
The woman was a bit offended by the nickname, she was nowhere near old, she was still young and beautiful.
She put down her cup and Caliber flashed inside her mind. "This will be fun," she said and turned to the figure that was seriously looking at her.
"Fate."
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The three people from Antares were already inside the palace and were walking through the halls, on the way to Chance's room.
Alec and Tristan were walking side by side with Chance, with Tristan a bit of a step back from them.
Chance was still absorbed in his thoughts when Alec suddenly spoke, "Your Highness should be careful." he said in a low voice. He did not bother whispering as he knows that Tristan is dumb anyways.
"When was I not careful?" Chance asked, but his mind was still on Caliber and also Fate who has not appeared for so long.
'All the time.' Alec answered his master inside his mind and let out an inaudible sigh.
While they were walking they heard footsteps that were not in sync with them, noticing that there are others walking the path they are in.
"Do you really not have any idea of who was the girl he was searching for?"
Niro's voice that was pestering Sherin could be heard from afar, but Sherin was not uttering a single word to answer him.
The three recognized the man's voice and Tristan looked over to Alec, hoping that no fight would be started again because he was getting tired. Well, he did not even do anything except for watching his captain fight.
"What could His Highness Caliber want from that girl he is looking for?" he asked again, his curiosity will kill him soon as it seemed like he would not be able to sleep while thinking of it.
Chance snapped back to reality and out of his thoughts, 'Searching for what?' he thought.
"Searching for a girl? Who?" Chance asked aloud which caused the two aides to stop walking and looked at them.
The three and the two aides stopped in front of each other and there they met again. As their knights first meet was not good, their expressions darkened as they saw each other again.
Sherin removed her death stare at Alec and turned to Chance who was asking a question, "Why should a 'servant' know about our prince's matters?" she asked.
She was not saying it to be rude, but she was trying to observe his reaction to get a clue about the so-called servant.
Chance smiled, "Forgive me, Miss Sherin. I get curious a lot." he said and chuckled.
Sherin's forehead creased by his reaction, 'That is it?' she thought. She just let it be for now, "We do not like for a servant to be curious, it will be bad for us." Sherin said.
"Have a good evening." Sherin said and started to walk again, with Niro following behind.
Before passing by the three people from Antares, the two aides left a cold glare for Alec and continued to walk away.
Chance's smile vanished and they all continued to walk Chance back to his room.
Alec opened the door for him, "Have a rest for now." he said and Chance nodded.
The two knights stayed outside to guard the door while Chance flopped to the bed and let out a sigh. He rolled over and stared at the star at the ceiling of the bed.
"Caliber is searching for...a girl?"