"Zika?" someone muttered as no one in the entire empire has a surname that sounds foreign like Zika.
"Doukas?" three people exclaimed. Those three looked at each other and almost thought of the exact thing, 'Isn't that Duke or Lord in ancient language?'
"Wait— Andrew?!" someone yelled. Everyone looked at that person, who is Frederick, with a confused expression.
Frederick cleared his throat before giving a explanation why he is shocked, "First and foremost, my father who is the late twelfth Scarlett Emperor, is named Derick. Second, your surname has never been registered or rather never existed and you made it up. Last but not the least, my great grandfather is named Andrew so I believe you are in the wrong generation, swindler."
As he ended his words he glared at Allen and after everyone processed Frederick's words, only a few had their light bulbs flickered lit.
First to speak his opinion was Evan, he recited the history of Scarlett Emperors who ruled the Crimsonians: citizens of the Scarlett Empire. Evan also confirmed that Andrew is his great great grandfather.
"Lord Zika, you!" Irene pointed at him with a distorted face even if she called him in a noble and respectful manner.
"Shhh," Allen placed his index finger on his ear to ear smile, "The children will be disturbed.."
Everyone placed a confused expression on their faces because they only saw Allen raise his arms amidst bending his back forward. Most of them thought that he certainly lost a lot of screws which might've been the cause for his delusion of being a carrier of imperial blood.
Amidst the confusion, Allen used telepathy to speak with one of his servants, 'Θέλεις να σκάψεις τον τάφο σου, Ρόκου;'
'Σε παρακαλώ συγχώρεσε αυτόν τον υπηρέτη, ίσα που ξέρω να γράφω ή να διαβάζω εξ ου και αυτός ο υπηρέτης είναι αδαής.' A young voice replied to his threat.
'Μόλις φτάσει ο Νίκολας, επιστρέψτε στον Κάτω Κόσμο και διαβάστε κάθε βιβλίο κάθε βιβλιοθήκης που υπάρχει.'
'Understood, my lord.'
Suddenly a grey mist with blazing bolts materialized beside Allen and four young children appeared when the mist evaporated.
Tallest of the four was a boy in a white sailor outfit which made him shine innocence. Other than his clothing, the dirty blonde hair that covers his ears brings an addition to his beauty. Although due to his similar looks to Evan except the hair makes his unrelated twin get the chills and inferior complexity.
Three of them including the blonde are exceptional prince charmings with unique charms but the shortest who is expected to be the youngest has a dark and moody atmosphere lingering around him that not only steals attention and spotlight, it caught the eye of Irene who feels familiar with the boy.
Feeling such familiarity made Irene remember one of aching memories of her nightmares while being confined in a cold cell.
With the sudden flashback, Irene felt nauseous and a severe headache made her nausea worse. Amidst the tense situation Henry notices Irene being ashen pale and cold sweat dripping from her forehead.
Before approaching her, he was making sure everyone is occupied with troubled heads. When he placed his hand on his shoulder, he got extremely shocked by how cold Irene is.
"Are you alright?" he spoke in the most anxious tone he has ever spoken in.
Irene started to breathe faster as her heart had beaten faster and it didn't take a minute for Henry to realize that she is somewhat experiencing discomfort.
Immediately he lowered his dominant arm while his left arm is wrapped around from Irene's back to her right elbow. When everyone noticed what Henry is doing, he had already carried her to the large doors and loudly calling a doctor to assist Irene.
...
"How is she? What happened, why did she suddenly became like this?" Henry became a detective because of his worry which made the doctor realize how important the lady is to the crown prince.
"I do not know the cause, BUT," he immediately said 'but' when Henry opened his mouth, "but I treated her nausea and headache."
"Cut to the chase," he noticed the doctor beating around the bush.
The doctor cleared his throat before looking at Henry straight onto the eyes, "Dark magic, Your Highness."