"Hmm, now you know," said Tuk, putting the badge back into his pocket within his armor.
"So, why did you let that carriage go?" he asked them.
The two knights looked at each other and seemed to agree on something.
"It was an order from higher up. This morning, they told me that if an ordinary-looking carriage came here with a red-mask figure riding it, let that carriage in without any bother," one of the knights replied to Tuk.
"Do you know who this higher royal one is that gave you this order?" Tuk asked.
"I'm sorry, Sir Tuk, but we don't have any knowledge about that," they replied.
"Figures as much," Tuk muttered as he took his gaze away from the two of them and looked toward the giant castle.
It was the most luxurious-looking building in the whole kingdom, with everything one could ask for: a giant garden, hunting grounds, a playground, a music hall—it had everything.
