After reading the first page, Sebastian slammed the book shut. His eyes were wide and shocked, but he was also smiling. "I get it now. I get it now! I understand everything!"
Jylan patiently waited for him to go on. Sebastian cleared his throat.
"Butler, do you know the king of the Lekan kingdom?"
Jylan nodded.
"She was my father's first love."
A stunned silence. Then Jylan said, "But she married the king of the Lekan kingdom…?"
Sebastian nodded. "Yes, but my father loved her before that. She just chose the king of the Lken kingdom over him. Anyway, after that, the king of Lekan felt bad, so he used a spell to make my father's son - me - find true love no matter what." Sebastian said, and Jylan paused, thinking as fast as he could.
"Let me guess, My prince, the spell backfired and Chris was forced to make sure you found love?"
Sebastian held up a finger. "Exactly. But the person who did anything like that wasn't Chris, but…"
Then they both looked at each other and had the same thought at the same time. They also blurted it out at the same time.
"The Jester."
then,
"The Jester IS Chris!"
then,
"Does Lei know about this??"
They both stared at each other, sitting on the floor of the house, Sebastian's tea forgotten somewhere on the opposite side of the table.
"Well, we can't send her a message at three in the morning." Sebastian huffed.
"Agreed. We'd have to be insane to do that." Jylan seconded.
They both fell into thought again and then Jyaln said, "Well, I suppose we should sleep right now and worry about the rest later…"
"Oh no. I'm not sleeping. And neither are you. Follow me, Jylan, I want to show you something." Sebastian sighed, getting up with his hands on his knees.