What was even more shocking is that the person who was standing in front of her is none other than Iannae. Outer space of the room is crowded with some of the Lady-in- waiting and morning maidens who are elected to clean the corridor. They all were whispering about the two fortunately known people inside the laundry room. One who is begging for mercy is the daily maid Agatha. She also has some reliable contacts within the palace and the person who is receiving her apology is the officially elected nun of the Lavender's Temple Iannae. Several maids compare her with a feminine fairy descended directly from heaven. Iannae's pitch black hairs and covered eyes also made her look pitiful before she said "Huh! W-what are you saying?"
"I am sorry. My lady . Forgive me" Agatha said after weeping some of her tears "For stealing your hourglass". Unless Agatha mentioned Iannae hadn't noticed the hourglass that it was in her hand because everything seemed blank for her like she is unable to see. She doesn't gasp, why is that? Why she can only hear the voices of her coworkers instead of their face and before she will say anything else. She hear someone mumbling in a really low voice so that only she can hear it.
Agatha mumbles 'It's 4:05 o'clock exactly. Get ready'
Suddenly a hard force was experienced by her from behind like someone is trying to push her down but strangely her body was not even moving .Only her soul was ragging back into her original body. Soon she finds that she can visualise this surrounding but still it's a blur. When she clears her eyes from tears with the help of her elbow .She can see everything clearly however finds herself on the floor. Facing all the disgust from the maids for no reason .She questioned herself.
' Why?
How?
And because of who?'.
She doesn't take a lot of time to figure out . It's all because of the person standing in front of her silently. Agatha's eyes widened when she saw a light smirk on the left side of her lips.
"You wicked wench. It's you who knocked me and now you're behaving like a victim. Agatha criticises Iannae in rage and says "It's me who is the victim not her .She is a witch." Agatha trample heavy footsteps while stomping the floor to minimise the distance between her and Iannae which is useless because of the maids who capture her hands. She is shouting terribly at the maids .Who is not releasing her which triggered the palace handmaiden Siya to find her ways here along with Iannae's fellow nun friends.
"What's this commotion? since dawn" Siya verified the air of the crowd and ordered them" Firstly .All of you must stay quiet under my surveillance. And secondly. . ." Before Siya finalised her words, she was invaded by Agatha.
"No' believe me. I am innocent" said Agatha firmly.
"I have been a handmaiden for more than fifty years. In those years I have handled hundreds of daily maids like you" Siya said in an alarming tone " It's your last chance do not interfere. If you want to prove your innocence."
Siya's words made Agatha stunde and she began to bite her nails. No wonder her nails are small.
"What were both of you doing before this incident happened" Siya asked formally " Ms. Iannae you may answer ".
"I was sleeping with the other nuns inside my chamber" said Iannae in a feeble voice.
"Who were the remaining nuns?" To conspire clues Siya asked " At what time? You all were went off to sleep "
"I was sleeping with Glinda, Lara, Gimmy and Gummy. With an unsure look she said " I am not very certain but it was around 11:30 -12:00".
Glinda and Lara nodded lightly in siya's direction after listening to Iannae's statement.
Siya turned her head in Agatha's direction and waited patiently for her statement.
"I was with Michelle. We both were off duty." Agatha purposely skipped the details regarding Paul and said "I was going to change my outfit but before I could do so. I was knocked out from behind near the region closer to my nape .My last memory is when I fell onto the floor . Afterwards I don't remember anything."
Agatha's back hair flinches when Siya orders to bring Michelle as a testimony. To avoid that Agatha arbitrarily said "Wait Handmaiden. True Faced behind the mirror .It's all a myth" Siya browsed but Agatha continued her speech " I mean even if Michelle came here our problem will not solve unless this nun has any proof for her innocence. To be precise we both are victims and none of us is going to pledge our guilt. I might be the culprit according to her. But what evidence did she have to monopolise me as a culprit?".
The entire corridor along with the corresponding laundry room is silent as hell despite 100 maids around. Some of them were exchanging glances to each other and the rest were looking into Iannae's side. Agatha is a smooth talker .She knows well how to manipulate the conversation accordingly in her favour.
"I do" After bringing the hourglass into light which was not very conspicuous to everyone behind her back and said "I do have evidence".
At night the temple seems extremely quiet. Only some rustling noises of wind and leaves . Ryaniar is sleeping soundly on his bed but suddenly she finds it hard to breathe. "Huff. . . . . Huff".
While dreaming he saw a blur image of a lady sitting on a wheelchair and the person supporting her chair with hands is a young man. He cannot visualise their faces but they seem friends . unconditionally Ryan changed his opinion over them because now that man was strangling her neck. And later push her off the staircase. When he reaches towards her to help. She grabbed Ryan's hair and said "It's your fault! .I died. It's your fault your father despises me. It's your fault. It's your fault. You should not have been borned." When Ryanair turned his head he was able to see that man's face. It was Emperor Achilles. Achilles' scary smirk forces Ryan to take some steps back but before he could escape. Achilles grabbed his neck and strangled it hard to the point he lost his breath and glitch back to reality.
'They are back' mumble Ryan in disbelief.
To be continued.