After Francis had warmly refreshed himself by having a nice bath on the pool that provided great tranquility coupled with a temperate mildness which soothed every sinews on his blue body as well as strained nerves caused by too much contemplations on how to engage in such a striving and tedious training which he haven't undergone in his entire life, he applied the ointment on his body which was kept beside the pool close to two bluish clothes, after he had dried himself up with the white styled towel and immediately put on the blue-colored clothes which had a red insignia of a crystal Aqualis boldly printed on his right breast, that draped down his body covering most part of his naked body. Then he left the room heading straight to his room through the glowing but silent hallway which looked totally empty while treaded with ease towards his room by the left wing.
He gently opened the large door as he arrived at his room in order to avoid making any noise which would disturb the sweet silence of the wide and heightened hallway which was laced with illuminated white patterns scattered all over the wall. Then he walked inside the room, leaving the door slightly ajar while he stride forward gleefully to the round window at the far right corner of the room, where a large round refracting mirror gracefully stood beside it.
"This robe is nice and warm", he said to himself as he gazed at the mirror admiring his charming looks, "And this design is perfectly done with fine quality which greatly enhanced the beauty of this robe. Moreover, this insignia is cute but somehow looks familiar to me... I think I have seen this emblem before", he said curiously and drew closer to the mirror as he gently caress it with his right forefinger which at once brought little flashes of bad memories of his father bending over a dead teammate that had been partly devoured by a wild beast and his body covered in blue blood while the emblem gleamed out in the moon light. The scene was so appalling that Francis almost screamed out in ghastly fright as it kept reoccurring vividly in front of him which would have crippled his mind if not for the intervention of Sasan who had quietly entered the room without his awareness carrying some red garments which she quickly placed on the bed before coming to his rescue.
"Master! Master! What's wrong? What are you afraid of?", Sasan queried vehemently as she struggled to grasp his hands and his body to prevent him from collapsing which she bravely succeeded after battling to keep his balance which swayed around.
"I....think I.....saw something horrible", Francis mumbled out after Sasan had aided him to finally calmed down his body as well as his nerves that was ceased with tension and wild apprehension as they both sat down on the soft bed after few moments of struggle.
"What did you see, master?", Sasan interrogated, "Tell me so that I can help you sought it out since it's troubling you way too much",
"It's nothing serious", Francis replied trying to hide the fact about his weaknesses of having almost lost his senses due to one of those scary nightmares that bothered him a great deal which gave him many sleepless nights, "I think it's just a little recall of those nightmares that I have moved past which caught me unawares",
"Hmmm... but that doesn't seem like it at all because it seems to me that you haven't been able to overcome those bad dreams which terrorizes your night while you sleep", Sasan answered and suddenly remembered something which she wanted to inform Francis, "Oh! I almost forgot! You're meant to have your breakfast together with all the members of the Wol tribe at the west section of the building inside the fourth room headed by Zari, who will be arriving soon after completing her tedious task, the council assigned to her",
"Oh really? Zari's coming back here? that's very good to hear", Francis said quite relieved from his traumatic accident which occured a brief moment ago,
"Yes she is indeed coming back", Sasan said with a light smile, "But I don't think you're fit enough to attend the feast and to see Zari as well",
"Why can't I see her and as well attend the feast?", Francis asked and sneered at her,
"Well, I think that you should rest your troubled mind by relaxing on this bed where you should hibernate for some time in order to rejuvenate lost energies besides that, what happened earlier must have deduce some of your energy.", Sasan meekly adviced,
"What! you can't be serious, I am still full with resourceful energy that doesn't reduce whenever I have such trauma occurs and if I don't go there, how will I get my meal?", Francis questioned persistently
as he instantly got up from the bed in pretence of having sustain no energy loss.
"I will bring it to you here in this room where you will eat it", Sasan cleverly replied,
"No I don't want to have it here where it's lonely and boring. Don't you know that I want to get to know each of our clan members too?", Francis rhetorically questioned, "And as well talk to Zari about what the council had decided. So I must attend the feast as well as informing Zari about the council's decision", he insisted persistently.
"Okay master, let's go now if we want to still eat our meals since we're running out of time and to see Zari as well", Sasan said and got up from the bed while placing the clothes neatly besides a choral vase-like object on the small wooden table that was artistically carved neatly. And then she left the room first while Francis followed behind her after he had shut door tight.
Meanwhile, Zari had alighted her large blue Trynasus on the courtyard of the capitol building where the headquarters resided and hastily went to the entrance where she was warmly greeted by the guards who always protect the building at the large front door.
She stride inside after the brief reception and headed straight away, without further delay to the west-wing of the building where the Wol tribesmen of Forty as well as fifty members of the Doxa clan sat with their own meal, served differently at opposite ends. The Wol tribesmen wore blue-colored garments which had quality designs all over it together with the emblem of a crystal Aqualis while the Doxa clan were all wearing red robe which uniformly transformed them int an army of battlion making them feel like a cool red force waiting to be deployed for war.
As she entered into the room, both clans stood up in unison to warmly welcome her which they did with their respective salute that they rendered as she sat down on her high seat placed on a raised platform at the far end of the hall splitting the clans up into two parties with one at the right side while the other on the left side.
She quickly raised her teacup filled with mashberry wine and said, "Let us all have a toast for the safety of the city and all sects in the realms as well, cheers to you all",
"Cheers to you too!, Your eminence",They'll replied in unison and began to eat after drinking down the wine which wasn't strong enough to get a man drunk. Francis who had finished his meal and had sat down together with Sasan at the end their tribes seat, caught sight of Lotus sitting on the front seat who seems to focus on something else which made her not to eat her food despite several appeal from her colleagues to have her meal which has turned cold. He wasn't too sure about walking over there to ask her what the problem was because she didn't look radiant as before when they both last saw each other which made him feel anxious to know what has happened to her.
While Francis pondered deeply about this and kept on looking at her direction, Sasan tried to tell him it's time to go and see Zari but he didn't respond to her at all and continued to stare at Lotus. Then Sasan fixed her gaze where he was looking at, after noticing that he kept on staring at something, in order to find out what actually has captivated his attention and discovered that he was peering at Lotus who wasn't aware that he was watching her from behind.
Sasan was about to speak out when a messenger who had been sent by Makom, suddenly arrived which interrupted the noisy atmosphere in the hall drawing all the eyes of the both clans towards him. The messenger went to Zari and whispered something into her ear which changed her countenance. Zari rose up from her seat and said,
"I would love to continue this meal with you all but please excuse me for a while and not me alone, Francis should come with me to see council members right away while you all can continue ", She said and left the banquet hall with Francis following behind while he gazed behind at Lotus who returned it as well until he was out of sight.