"Then I saw the figure of a woman appear on the glass of the mirror"
Diane pauses and let all the words she just said to sink deeply into the hearts of everyone seated there.
Ephesus and his men are there, her maids and Thaddeus are also there.
"Then why didn't you say anything?" Thaddeus asks.
"Who'd believe me? Father?" she says in a stubborn accent.
Well, she got a point. Their father will never listen to such fiction, that he calls it.
"You could have told me"
"You won't believe me"
"But I would be disturbed. And investigate on it, won't I now?"
"Even if that's true, I dare not listen to that"
Everyone stare at the siblings that were hugging not quite long ago, now they're behaving like they're Tom and Jerry.
"Woah, now is not the time for that. We got something bigger to focus on now" Ephesus try to calm things down and Diane withdraws with a pout.
She coughs and used that as a cover up to insult her brother. " *Cough* Slut"
Thaddeus rolls his eyes and wonder why his sister have this type of behavior.
"Samuel have something planned out already. There's something going on in this Castle that we aren't aware of" Thaddeus say staring at the ground.
It is true. But how can they stop him from carrying out his plan?
"So? What are we going to do now?" Miles asks and Esther eyes him.
"We... Are not doing anything" Esther says and Miles narrows his eyes at her.
"Stop making a fool out of yourself and think properly, is this the time to be asking what we are going to be doing?"
"Hey, if I don't ask, who will?" Miles try to defend himself.
"Oh. So you have the post of a questionnaire now, huh?"
"Esther" "Miles" Both Ephesus and Diane call their names in unison.
The both of them being called don't look at the people who called them but stared at themselves like their in a challenge.
Miles smirk as they stare and Esther feels both infuriated and she blushes with red cheeks profusely.
Oh, those two are something else.
"There's nothing we can do at the moment except to be cautious. When it's time to take action, we do" Simon says calmly and Thaddeus nods.
"Exactly"
"But what of Father, Xelilah and the rest"
"They'll be unaware for sometime. We'll deal with it first before telling them"
"For evidence?" Diane asks and Ephesus nods.
"Yes"
Thaddeus scans each one of their faces properly.
"I don't know the length of trust that I can lay on you soil testers but... We need help with this mission. So please, we ask for your help"
"We will do our best to work with you, sire" Ephesus says and Thaddeus immediately becomes suspicious.
Not because of his quick reply but because of his accent. That accent is not fit for soil testers.
"But before we proceed, we need honesty."
Ephesus heart skips and his chest can be seen pounding profusely. Is he to tell them he's a Prince now?
"Wh-"
Luckily distracted, A knock interrupts the questionnaire called Thaddeus.
"We're not done" He whisper and walks to the door, but turns around again.
"Hide" he mouths and everyone except Diane go into their positions. The Royal wardrobes, under the high bed and some went into the bathroom while Diane stay quietly on the cushion in the room, waiting to see Samuel.
Thaddeus opens the door and in front is the raging Samuel and his men.
"What do you want?"
"What did you see?" Samuel asks and Thaddeus smirks. This is going to be fun.
"See? I saw you in the rain. That's what I see"
Samuel narrows his eyes.
"I saw some Prince with a white horse and two black horse with two men on it that nearly killed my sister and someone who claims he likes to marry my sister, gained our attention and-"
"We know you know English. Stop splattering it on our faces" Samuel retorts and Diane stands up and speaks up.
"And you stop making a fool out of yourself. At least he knows English and he display it everywhere he goes, what about you? The only thing you know how to do is to gain attention in the rain, and try to kill someone. I mean that's what you did to me, right?"
Samuel stare at the Princess pitifully.
"I wouldn't have said that if I were you" he whisper and Thaddeus shake his head in disappointment.
"And what can you do? She already said it, do what you wanna do"
Samuel feels disgusted by their bravery to talk to him that way. They don't even know what they're dealing with and yet they play with a furnace? How pleasant.
He says nothing but steps away from the presence of Thaddeus and his sister behind him. The siblings stares at him as he walks away. His red cape flowing with the breeze from behind and the two hefty and heavy men are following him in anger.
They've stepped on something. They know that for sure.
Thaddeus close the door and Diane steps backwards.
The rest that are hiding comes out of their hiding place and stare at Thaddeus.
"There's something really fishy with him. But I think we took the wrong step addressing him that way"
"We took no wrong step. If he really is someone that we should fear then he won't have stepped away like that. Does he thinks we're fools, just because we gave him a reply? If he really was someone dangerous, he would have warned us be-"
"He did warned us" It's Ephesus.
He interrupts Diane and they all stare at him.
"How?" Thaddeus asks and they all settle down to listen to what Ephesus have to say.
"Samuel warned us with his actions. When we were in the rain, he said we should not have been there because of some reason. Now, because of curiosity we stayed and when we did, it nearly cost your life, your Majesty" he directed that at Diane.
Everyone blinks at the young and gentle man in front.
Vilva nods in thought. That is definitely true.
"So, you mean... "
"I mean that Samuel is not someone we should trust because he have reasons and secrets for coming here. There's something that is with him that makes people around him feel uncomfortable" Ephesus says and Diane nods.
That's true.
They don't know where King Luke found his own comfort while being around him.
"What do we do next?"