Edward and Dia walked down the stairs of the hall, Edward held both of Dia's suitcases in his hands.
"..."
Within the silence, Edward looked at Dia's face trying to grasp her emotions.
"...."
Dia's face was filled with mixed emotions, as if she was happy outside but was filled with regrets on the inside. Not being able to meet Miss Mary had a big impact on her.
As they walked down, they crossed multiple people, come, soldiers, and people running in a hurry.
" This building is quite big, there are so many people here. I never thought buildings like these exist other than palaces."
Dia made a small comment about the sheer size and accommodation capacity of the building.
"It only takes a small while, Things are developing very fast. When you'll be my age building like these could be everywhere."
Dia nodded and the two kept walking, they reached the lower floor of the building.
They exited the building seeing off the 'slaves of paper' and exited under the noon sky.
The grounds were now more open as many people wouldn't dare stand in lines under the heat.
" The weather is so hot."
Dia instant started complaining about the temperature due to the sun. Well, it was true, summer was at its peak.
" I something to cool me down."
"Do you want some Ice cream?"
"Yes."
It couldn't have been less obvious, she was staring at the ice cream stand ever since they exited the building.
Dia rushed to the ice cream stall under a small tent even while wearing a long skirt.
" Hey, Don't trip yourself."
Edward gave a warning to the running lady and he walked behind her.
Dia approached the ice cream maker and asked him to give her two cups.
" Coming right up."
The ice cream maker began roaring the sorbetière,
Inside the wooden bucket covered by rock salt and ice from all sides.
Ice cream was one of the few things which took off in popularity in the five kingdoms. Winning hearts with its tastes and aesthetic.
"Kids these days are a money-draining machine."
Edward said to himself. As he soon reached Dia who was already biting her ice cream at high rates.
"Dia, control yourself. You'll catch a cold if you eat that fast."
"Okay"
Dia agreed to eat slowly, she ate slowly for two or three bites but her speed was right back after the fourth bite.
"Your daughter seems to love the treat. It makes me quite happy. She looks like a well-raised young lady."
The Ice cream maker expressed his gratitude towards Dia.
"Sir, would you like to eat one too?"
"No, my teeth have been taking a heavy toll on me. So I am prohibited from eating sweet things."
Edward casually made up a reasonable lie.
"You seem tensed out, you are sweating hard. After being under the tent, please take one, it won't hurt to eat one occasionally."
" No, I really-"
"-Come on, Father. It is so good, besides you are sweating so much. Eat something good or you'll faint in broad daylight."
Dia bombarded Edward with a series of arguments and Edward couldn't win this one.
"Okay, Okay. I take one cup too."
Edward ordered one cup and they smiled at each other in happiness but Edward's tension didn't scarf down a bit.
"The ice cream is still using the same container."
It was the same sorbetiére he was using earlier, two different buckets filled were lying beside the main one. If anyone were to come, he'll give them ice cream out of this, so he couldn't potentially poison them.
He was out of suspicion.
"Are okay? you are looking tense. It is something wrong? "
"No, it's just weather taking its toll. I am not a fan of summers, I like winters better. "
" Ya, same here."
The ice cream maker gave a cup full of ice to Edward and he began eating it.
"It calms down the pressure of the weather doesn't it."
"Ya."
But it wasn't just the weather, it was the assassins.
" assasins, when will they attack, What are they planning? "
Countless questions ran through Edward's mind, each second they delayed their attack, Dia would be in more danger.
It would have been best if they attacked Edward when he was with Thomas, it was best to get as much help as he could.
As of now he was alone and Dia was with him, each second they both would be present in the open, free of preyed upon. He needed to do something before something bad happened.
"Look! It is an eagle! "
Dia pointed out a big flying sky, the eagle's paws...
Seemed to be a pigeon,
" Ohh shit."
Edward dropped his Ice cream on the ground, something was about to happen.
"!!!!"
A loud bell rang loud in the buildings ringing people's ears off.
"What is happening?"
Dia with her hands covering her eyes asked Edward.
" I don't know. What are they planning?"
Edward looked around as the few people who were present on the ground stood frozen in their position.
"?!"
The gates of the building were immediately shut down, and soldiers came rushing down to the ground.
Covering the ground in green and white with soldiers' uniforms. They covered every corner of the ground.
Dia got worried and hugged Edward covering her face with his body.
"Don't worry. Nobody is going to hurt you."
Edward kneeled and hugged Dia, trying to calm her down.
"Catch everyone not a single person should remain free to catch everybody."
A shout came from a blond, black-eyed man wearing a steel blue uniform. Wearing war medals on his uniform.
At his order, the soldier brought out their gun and swords and pointed them at everybody, even the children.
"Mr Royas Clarke, why is he here?"
The ice cream maker shouted the name in utter shock.
The Man or Royas walked in the better of the ground rotating his eyes through the people held by the soldiers.
With his eyes gave a sharp gaze as two soldiers, began approaching him.
"The gates guards?! Why is he calling them?"
Edward knew something bad was coming.
The two soldiers inferred to him, he nodded to the information and he opened his mouth and launched another command.
" All citizens present outside gather together near the gate, we have suspicions about someone being an enemy spy here and.."
Edward was already knowing the worst would happen.
" ..Edward Kenway, show yourself to me right now."
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