Duke Cole and Duke Zen were Shell shocked by the memory that was recorded by Darren, they took a few deep breaths after the memory orb stopped playing, the fear along with an uncontrollable pressure they are feeling, Herald's quiet demeanor was betrayed by the shivering of his hands, what they saw was something they read as an ancient history, which should have never showed up again,
Duke Zen clenched his fist, in the whole kingdom, Wiley Duchy is the most prospered and blessed with nature and mountains, his family from generations were taken care of the Duchy without disturbing the nature, and the cave in the memory Orb looks like natural habitat, if that's true then the Wiley Duchy will be in grave danger. just imagining these sent chills down his spine,
Duke Cole was not in the least calm with what he saw. which appeared in the past he encountered a similar cave but that cave was just a start, Henery De Lecardia the former king's brother, and himself fought along with that unforeseen situation,
the whole room was completely silent as the people in the room were in their deep thoughts and none of them spoke a word after viewing the Memory Orb.
Duke Zen was the first to speak as his eyes still stuck to the Memory Orb "Your Majesty, the cleaning of the Duchy will begin along with the inspection, I will report to you on the decided day"
The decided day is a well-known code for the people who were associated with Henery De Lecardia, and what will happen on that day is the discussion for later.
Saying Duke Zen stood up and walked out immediately, Duke Cole was silent until Duke Zen left, he turned to Herald as he observed him for a min seeing his hands were still shivering, he motioned the Darren's Familiar who was sitting next to him soundlessly to come near him,
The fox then moved to Duke Cole's side, he simply tied a brooch with Ryker Emblem to the fox's neck as he instructed it to go back to Darren, right after the fox left, there was a knock from the door, Herald and Duke Cole shared a glance, Herald took the Memory Orb to put in a safe
the knocks on the door were continuous and fervent that they both guessed the visitor without a hitch and took their time,
After a few knocks Herald pulled the thread connected to his servant quarters, the door opened wide with several ministers and his assistants were standing at the door waiting for his command to come in, Herald eyed every single person who was standing at the entrance carefully and then let them enter
Just as Hilbert Predicted the former queen's minions.... cough Followers addressed the issues of the Zora Wiley
At the Duchy of Ryker
Silvia was feeding the medicine to Estrella slowly as Jane was sitting near them with an old and heavy book in her hands, as they were in their world, they didn't notice the presence of the Hilbert De Lecardia who was observing them quietly when he noticed Silvia finished feeding Estrella, he coughed to get attention from them.
When Silvia saw the present King Hilbert, she dropped the tray in her hand and stood guarded at him with suspicious and nervous, that commotion got the Jane Ryker's attention as she looked at Silvia first and then at Hilbert she sighed while patting her chest
"Who are you trying to scare huh?!"
Hilbert smiled at his wife who outright dropped the honorifics "my queen shouldn't you greet me first?"
Jane looked at him blankly and said "this is the duchy of Ryker"
"Yes, yes I know this is your house but still it wouldn't hurt you to greet me sweetly as you did at the palace"
Jane squinted her eyes in disgust "when did I ever greet you sweetly?"
Hilbert nodded his head as he went to her and hugged her tightly, his love for her, his wife but the love of his as a price to pay for the Warth of his selfish mother, when he first met Jane, he was hellbent on making her his, but he later realized how selfish he had become with his love that he failed to see the reality and put his loved ones in the danger.
he hugged her more tightly when he remembered how he lost his sister, and he is doing everything he can to protect his wife of his. it hurts him to treat her indifferently but he had to do that to keep her safe, and he lured her through a political marriage and a one-sided love, he is clinging to a single thread of his marriage with her.
the first words Jane said to him after they got married were 'if you want to become my husband you need to prove that you can be an equal match to me. also don't expect me to greet you or treat you like royalty, to me you are a swindler who forced me to marry you '
as much as her words pierced his heart, he knew that it was his mistake and was protecting her from his mother all the time.
Hilbert released her and looked at Estrella who was lying unconscious on the bed "how is the princess doing any progress?"
Jane shook her head saying "her body started responding to the medicine, if I am right, she will wake up when her body is healed completely"
"Hmm if she didn't wake up by week there will be a War, The Zyon kingdom emperor sent his familiar with an affiliation of War and said he would collect his daughter's body along with ours huh!" Hilbert scoffed
Jane narrowed her eyes "How can they be quite sure that she is dead?"
Hilbert gave an evil smirk voicing "they never thought the princess would wake up in the first place since from the start they sent a patient as a peace treaty rather than an honest negotiation"
Jane Ryker "I don't like it, also I found traces of something in her body which I have to wait until she wakes up to ask her"
Hilbert nodded his head and said "do as you like; I will rest in your room until then" saying he rubbed her head gently and exited the room
Silvia stood there speechlessly she learned something about Estrella and the present king, his behavior from the banquet and know were so different that she assumed she is seeing things, her head swayed listening to both of them discussing pretty important matters in open.
she clenched her fists and turned to Estrella hoping she would wake up soon the time they spent maybe the shortest but what she learned about Estrella through her time with her made Silvia even more attached to her liege, and tears stirred in her eyes remembering the Zyon kingdoms affiliation she hardened herself and get to her work