After coming out of the pool, Francis used a small towel to wipe out water off his face and body. He went to the small room and tied the cloth he had earlier kept, around his waist and then, wore a transparent white linen which almost covered his feet, that he had carried earlier and placed on the floor next to the entrance before moving inside.
He quickly left the room to where he had earlier slept in and then shut the huge door that was made of fine steel with a curved handle. He walked over to the bed and found a perfumed ointment lying next to the folded clothes that was gently wrapped close to the feather pillow, which he took and rubbed his entire body creating a sweet fragrance all over his body.
Afterwards, he picked up the outfits and wore them one after the other beginning with the smaller ones. After that, he sat on the bed and pulled the white stool towards him together with the tray which contains his breakfast.
Then he began eating what was served on the plate hastily without relapsing for a moment to rest for he was famished ever since he came into the realm and had not eaten or drank anything since he entered the city together with Zari.
After eating the last scrap of food from the plate, he took the teapot and filled the white teacup with chrysanthemum tea, that gave out a pleasant smell, almost to the brim which drank without delay. It soothed his nerves and helped cleared his skeptic mind that was filled with a lot of stressful thoughts which often occur whenever he excessively contemplates each time he enters a dilemma.
The tea made him feel more relaxed and a bit drowsy which almost tempted him fall asleep in the soft bed that he sat upon.
"What a wonderful tea, such a tea could be useful in wiping out stress and anxiety from the body including soothing the mind. And I feel a bit sleepy but I can't sleep now because I must be present in the meeting", he thought while holding the teacup by the small handle and closing his eyes to feel the warm effects of the tea.
Then he dropped the teacup on the tray and covered the empty silver plate with a large blue flower which was kept underneath the plate. And at that moment, Sasan opened the door and came inside dressed fully in silver armor without an helmet on her head, carrying a small white scroll that was tied with blue ribbon. She walked up to him and said,
"It's time for the meeting and Zari ordered me to be your acolyte from now onwards. She also told me to accompany you to the meeting and also, to inform you of anything else you like to know about the councils functions and how it affects Wintera, for I will serve you as my master until further instructions from Zari",
"Okay but will she attend the meeting?", Francis impatiently inquired as he got up from the bed,
"Yes, she will attend but she will arrive late because she has official matters to attend to. She will attend when she's done handling those matters", she explained, "Meanwhile, I will be with you until she arrives",
"What's that scroll for?", he asked indicating the small white scroll she held with his right hand,
"Zari told me to give you this scroll after I'm done translating it into the language you understand. It contains some information about your late father together with some of his combat skills and experience during his life at the training camp", she replied and continued, "Although I would translate the characters that is written in ink however, it won't erase the potential powers it possess so be careful when it's in your custody",
"Alright, I understand but I think we should leave for the meeting now", he quickly said feeling better after getting to know that he will soon find out more about his late father.
"Okay, let's go", she replied. Then both of them moved towards the huge door that was behind them and Sasan opened it with her her left arm using the curved handle, allowing Francis to pass through the door to the outer narrow hallway that stretches far before reaching a detour.
Francis walked slowly, with Susan following behind him, and observing the architectural design of passageway including the colourful patterns, decorated on the wall.
Thirty minutes later, They reached the detour which took them left, towards a spiral stairway that led to the bottom of the building. Then both of them walked down the spiral stairs to another section, which was protected by two Sajura warriors that had trained for a long time, were fully equipped with combat weapons and silver armors which covered their bodies . The guards stood in front of a huge golden door which had a large emblem boldly embedded on it. The guard on the left held a long spear that was sharp with a curved sheathed sword, in its scabbard, that was tied to the left side of his waist while the other on the right, held a long spear together with two short axes dangling down on both sides of his waist. There were also several golden keys that were tied at their waist respectively.
They walked up to the entrance where the two armed guards stood without flinching or making any sign of discomfort but stood erect holding their Spears.
"Please wait here, I'll request entry from them", Sasan whispered to him as they got closer to them and Francis obeyed while she walked up to the guard on the left,
"I request permission to enter the hall where the council meeting is taking place today", she boldly said without being intimidated by the tall height of the guard,
"Present your invitation that has the ensign of the council before me, then we'll open the door for you to pass. We've being strictly ordered by the Council, not to let anyone through without showing their invitation that tagged with the council's ensign", He replied in a deep voice that almost scared the wits out of Francis, who was apparently standing behind them.
"Is that so?", she asked and quickly brought out two scrolls from inside the breastplate of her armor. Then she showed him one of the scroll which contains the invitation notice while she held the other aside with her left arm.
"This is it alright so we can let you through but it's stated here that only one of member from a sect can pass, so tell me, how come two members from the same sect want to attend the meeting?", he asked after reading the notice,
"The invitation is meant to allow him attend the meeting officially while this scroll contains a message sent by her eminence Zari, for me to hand it over to you", she answered indicating Francis who stood behind her and the scroll she held which she gave to the guard.
The guard took the scroll and read the message that was written in hieroglyphic characters. Then he looked at Francis who was apparently nervous and frightened by his gaze which almost made him to collapse.
"So he's the one that Zari, ordered by the Council members, went to human realm to find and brought back for the mission", he said still staring at Francis,
"Yes, he's the one", Sasan instantly replied,
"And you have now been appointed to serve him as his acolyte", he said again facing Sasan,
"Yes, that's right", she retorted quickly and asked, "Can we therefore, be allowed to enter?",
" Yes of course, both of you can now join the other council members inside ", he responded and cried out profusely, towards the other guard at the other end of the door, who had been watching the whole scenario,"Kaesus! Let's opened the door for them to pass through",
"Alright!", Kaesus replied and brought out the golden keys, which he used to unlock the first door while the other guard did the same to the second. Each door creaked drawing the attention of the council members towards the door, as it was being unlocked by the two guards respectively.
After the door swung opened, Francis led by Sasan together with one of the guard, walked inside the large hall where the members stood up awaiting to see who interrupted their discussion. The hall was very large having its roof at a very high range from the floor below while each seat of the council members were arranged according to rank beginning from the leader of the council to the other members. Behind the seat of the leader was a large insignia exactly the same with the emblem on the door, that was boldly drawn on a large white cloth that stretches downwards from the upper roof, that hung half down before touching the ground.
Each of the members had a personal guard that were fully armed with weapons and wore different armor.