Ranathia looked at Alexander a bit offended when he insisted that he didn't quite trust her. This was quite an insult to Ranathia considering the fact she protected Meira's mother Melianth during the times where Ariesu tried to bring destruction toward the Universe. For him to think that she would not protect her own daughter did not sit well for Ranathia, but when she was about to say something about it after trying to trust Alexander she noticed Alexander had caught someone eavesdropping on them. She was a bit concerned if they were listening in on her conversation she was having earlier. Such information was dangerous in the wrong hands where she had to act opening the brown wooden rectangular door and turning the slender egg shaped door knob as she opened the door and took in the fresh air she felt on her lungs as she walked outside toward this individual.

She approached the person who was dog like in appearance carefully keeping her hand near her weapon in case they were hostile. Ranathia didn't draw her weapon as she felt Meira would not like that. When she was about to ask the individual a question she noticed Meira had interrupted her asking her what was going on. Meira was unsure on why this person was there, but she did have a few questions of her own. "Who is this person, Ranathia?" Meira questioned toward Ranathia as curiosity lit like a candle burning inside her mind.

Ranathia shook her head and replied simply, "I don't know." She had a calm casual tone, but a serious cautious look on her face and in her eyes as she approached this person. She was a bit hesitant approaching the person since she saw they were male. The opposite gender made her feel a bit uneasy and she could feel a trickle of that inside her body. Not enough of it to really give an impression she felt that, but it did trouble her a bit. "Who exactly are you and what are you doing here?" Ranathia paused for a moment as she rested her hand gently on her blade stepping closer to the dog like figure. "I can sense that you are not an enemy. I don't sense any negative vibe about you, but still I'm rather curious why you chose to look around a place like this?" She questioned as she awaited his response to her question. Meira remained quiet, but did notice some movement in one of the trees toward the back of her house. She thought she saw an individual inside the tree where she did get a glimpse of what looked like a white piece of clothing which looked like a dress. "Curse you, Sentius... This curse makes it hard for me to travel around and if I come down my sister will just make fun of me. I hate looking like this and not having all my wisdom..." The girl complained as she stayed hidden out of sight in the tree observing the situation and also noticing her sister Miia was peering on the group from a distance on the ground standing in front of the gate.

"This is private property owned by the Rystaliuskal family. You are trespassing and as an officer I have to take action. I will not arrest you or give you a citation if you give me a legitimate reason why you're here." Ranathia added as she thought it rather strange that he got by security unless he passed through the gate during the shift change.
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Nathan tried to get her attention asking, "...wait. My parents are dead, they have been for almost a decade now. So how could this picture exist? Not only that, but it looks old...really old. Just...when was this taken?"

Selest stopped but she didn't know how old the photograph was. Her father never told her how old the photo was, but did call it his lucky charm that kept him going entrusting it to her when he sacrificed his life to shield her from harm. She wasn't sure what she should tell Nathan and what to tell him since there are some things that are better off left unknown. If she revealed his fate in the future him then it would trouble him, but if she were to reveal the woman he marries which was her mother dies protecting them both then he might not know how to handle it. The picture was a reminder that she was not alone no matter how far those who she loved were away from her to never return. She was a bit disappointed as she shook her head since she had to reveal that she didn't even know when that picture was taken; moreover, she didn't even know when the flip-side was taken. "I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to that question, but an apocalypse is brewing as we know it and this our only chance to prevent it. You are not alone in finding it hard to believe someone like you marries my mother, but that just shows you how much of a heart she has. Do not break her heart or I'll break your neck. If you are never to marry and I am to die then I'll at least die reassured I got vengeance on the man who broke her heart." Selest threatened as she turned her face away from him and started to make her way out of the house. She had overstayed her welcome and he might try to ask her more questions she could not answer. All she could is tell him what was safe. It wasn't like she wanted to keep secrets, but they may impact the events that are supposed to follow. She was hoping that her influence had no impact on how Nathan and Meira met so she could later be born.

"I must be on my way. Do not disappoint me, father. I will never forgive you if you do. Keep mother safe and happy, that is all I ask of you." She said with her back turned as she made her way out the door and walked away from Nathan's house. She wanted to stay to reveal what was about to happen and how it impacted the current future, but she feared it might affect the fact Meira and Nathan meet which in turn would cause her to cease to exist. It was better if there were things he didn't know.

Alexander ran up to the Nekrain as well, "Xiashauke, give us clarity. Here, this should help." he said as a white glow appeared around the intruder. "It is a truth spell, it glows green, he is telling the truth, red, he is telling a lie."

Andrew just kind of crouched up and acted like he was scared. "Umm, I am just the new garden and I feel into the bushes." he said and the aura around him turned bright red. "Oh, ok. I am just a journalist. I was here to just get a few glimpse of the house of the soon to be princess but I dropped my notebook and pen while sneaking through the guard here and then I see him." he said pointing at Alexander. "and then I jumped in this bush and I didn't mean any harm I just needed this scoop as I needed the extra money from a big story like this because me and family was planning a vacation and so I need some more money. I didn't mean any harm." He then stood up and then held up his hands and then patted himself down, "Look, I am not even armed." The entire time he was talking, the aura around him was green.

Miia from a distance felt a tingle in her body when she noticed that one of the people used a spell which used Xiashakue's power. Xiashakue teased her about it, but Miia just shook it off like nothing happened. She was still glowing like a firefly so she knew she couldn't stand up until he was done using her power. "That came out of nowhere." Miia replied as she stayed hidden on the other side of the fence peering on through a hole at the group that was talking to a mysterious person.

Ranathia also felt a twitch in her body, but she tried to hide under her calm expression. She noticed that Alexander used a spell that invoked the power of the Goddess of Truth Xiashakue. She remembered during her encounter with Kreosus that she'd never escape the truth that she is connected to the goddess, but she didn't know how since he never did tell her. Shaking her head as she snapped out of her flashback trance that embraced her a moment ago where she saw very strange symbols on some wall and a strange looking device that she didn't even know what it was. "All journalists were informed that they could meet with the princess during the coronation. What makes you think you're any different or do you think you can just go and ignore the laws that everyone else follows?" Ranathia said a bit irritated once she learned the nature of why the person was there. Shrugging it off with a deep sigh and breathing in some fresh air refreshed she continued, "You never told you your name. What kind of journalist or person goes around saying they're a journalist without introducing themselves? That's just plain rude!" She raised her voice at the end trying to remained composed, but the sight of the person that was in front of her made her temper boil.

"Now, now, Ranathia. We should give him a chance to talk." Meira interrupted as she intervened to prevent Ranathia from saying anything else that might come off as rude. She understood why Ranathia was so upset, but it didn't give Ranathia the right to treat the person like a delinquent." Meira paused once again as she thread her hands through her pink flowing hair before she focused all of her attention on this new person. "The person you're looking for is right here. I'm Princess Meira and that over there is Princess Ranathia who is my royal guard." Ranathia frowned and outburst before Meira could continue with by saying simply "MEIRA!!!"

"The man here with me is Alexander from an order who is in charge of my safety. Like Ranathia pointed out, we'd at least like to know your name and what can I do for you this fine evening?" Meira replied as she did like Ranathia want to know at least the name of this person who was trying to question her. She wasn't about to treat them like a common criminal which Ranathia tend to do with any male that enter the premises without permission. She was also very rude and cautious around male individuals she didn't know. Meira knew that Ranathia didn't like males, but it didn't excuse her rude behavior which sometimes even made Meira feel ashamed of her own protector.

From a distance another individual lie hidden in wait staring at Ranathia from a distance while holding his sword tight in his hand that rested at his side. He could only grin from the other side of the fence as he prepared to engage his target. "Ranathia Primavalthera the time has come where you die..." He thought to himself as he watched the others talk only to notice two very strong spiritual presences that were also in the area. One was masked so tight that he couldn't measure their level, but the other one's power level was slightly increasing. He wondered what they were doing in the area.

Nathan had no idea what to do or say. If there was any doubt that she was telling the truth, that picture destroyed it. Natha's entire world had been flipped upside down, and he wasn't sure what he wanted to do anymore. He knew that he didn't want to erase Selest from existence...but then again, she didn't seem to bothered by that, even willing to kill him if he hurt Meria. Maybe she couldn't stand having been born with his filthy blood, that also might be why she hated him so much. That was something that Nathan could understand just a little, although he never hated his parents for bringing him into the world. "Maybe...maybe it would be better if I kept my distance from her. After all; she's a princess. She deserves the knight in shining armor, not the monster." Nathan now knew that he would have to somehow keep her from falling in love with him to better protect her, but outside of just being a total jerk, he had no idea how to do that. He didn't even know how she fell in love with him in the first place. That bit of information would have been helpful

Andrew looked around trying to expand to his little fib until he took a closer look into the people souls who where in front of him. Mostly notable, was that the girl who was the security guard had no soul, and the other guard in armor and the noble girl also had very strange souls that seem to just ooze power. "Ok, I have no idea what I got myself into but y'all, y'all aren't normal." he said, completely dropping his fake voice he put on to match his false persona of a journalist and put on his regular voice.

He started to back up, easily breaking free of the holding spell placed on him and he materialized Sloth into his hand and shoot at Alexander, the sudden shock made it hard for him to speck as he dropped to his knees. "How about this. You leave me be and in a few hours I will go about my job and you probably never see me again. Beside, it looks you have bigger problems in your hand, there is a guy over there hidden and feels really strong, another person over there even stronger, and another person over there who I can't even tell how strong she is. So know, if you excuse me." he said, getting up and casually walking away while still trying to be hyper alert about what is behind him.

"Great..." Siia grumbled when she saw commotion was going on down below her from the tree she was hiding on. She also noticed another presence that was behind the fence other than her sister which felt very strong. "You seriously picked the wrong day to interrupt my peace and quiet!" Siia outraged as she did a flip and jumped down from the tree."Huh, what is this?" She questioned then her eyes widened. "No, it couldn't be..."

Ranathia jumped backwards doing a flipped when the person attacked them. He had gone across the line where enormous amount of energy started to emanate inside her body. Ranathia grabbed her scepter that was on her back and stared at the person in front of her as her hair transformed into a silver color and her eyes transformed into a holy yellow color. A spherical shaped glyph engulfed her body with symbols all over it as her darkness in her iris turned blood red. "No one disgraces the princess and gets away with it!" Ranathia yelled as she tightened one of her fists and started to cause energy around her to distort. It was obvious Ranathia had been pushed over the edge, but no one had ever seen her like this before. a light darkness eclipsed her aura as it revolved around her very special looking glyph. In her hand appeared a book that title was impossible to read. "If you don't get out of my sight I'm going to send you to oblivion! I will give you to the count of three and after that I'm going to let this chaotic power of mine incinerate you!"

Miia was also alarmed by the sudden emergence in an abnormal power level. She couldn't go intervene and she saw that Siia stopped what she was doing when Ranathia suddenly exploded. Miia looked at the girl and knew what just happened. She whispered to herself, "So this the power of that Sindel technology. I never thought I'd see something so powerful, but I can sense it is taking a toll on her body. She can't withstand that for very long or that power will consume her." Miia stated still a bit worried about what was going, but she couldn't leave her spot with that assassin in the area. She saw the assassin was just as shocked as they were when they felt such a powerful burst of energy.

"Ranathia, calm down! He didn't mean anything and I think you are over-reacting. He didn't mean any harm to anyone." Meira said toward Ranathia trying to calm the girl who had just gone into a mad rage. She could see that Ranathia was very serious, but she also noticed that it was taken its toll on her body. There had to be some way to get her out of being enraged, but she didn't know how.

"You are not going to get away with what you've done!? I will make you rue the day you disgraced her highness and I will bring indignation down on you for it!" She glared at Andrew one last time furiously giving him the chance to leave before she let loose her indignation on him. It would probably exhaust her after completion, but she wasn't about to let someone be so disgraceful in front of Princess Meira. "Last chance, begone or choose annihilation. I will respond in force if you take any action other than leaving quietly, promptly and without arguing.. I will show you what I'm capable of if you do not leave! This is your only warning."

"What did I get into. What did I get into. They couldn't pay me enough to be near that girl for any amount of time." he said, as a strange device appeared on his back, and he quickly started to fly off towards the house, not touching it, but just barely hovering over it. However, he didn't trust the demon girl to cancel the spell so he took one last shot with greed aiming right at the girls neck. After passing over the house, he lowered himself so that anything aimed at him would have to go through the house first as he left.

Alexander stood up and was speechless, "What, Why, Argh."

Ranathia's body instantly reacted to the attack where she grew out six wings three that were dark and three that were yellow abruptly. Immediately using the force that emanated in her body she used it to generate energy into those her wings. "Scatter Beam." Ranathia closed her eyes as her wings generated a small high intensity set of spheres which launched six smaller high intensity laser beams that forged into one larger one that was aimed at the attack that was shot at her which would impeded the attack coming at her reducing its forward momentum.

While her Scatter Beam made contact and made for an obstacle for the attack to hit her she used the forward momentum of the energy she fired to propel herself quickly into the air. She then surveyed the area to make sure nothing else was in the area where she didn't sense anything. She turned her eyes away from the man she saw that fled and observed to see if Alexander and Meira were okay. It seemed like they were fine, but she did see Meira with a very disturbed and upset look on her face with her sword drawn into her hand letting it rest at her side. Ranathia sighed as she thought to herself as she remained in the air to make sure everything was all right, "Had he not interrupted me I would have had a chance to use one of my magicks, but I'm just glad everyone is okay." Ranathia peered down at both Meira and Alexander asking if both of them were okay. Meira nodded that she was fine, but she remained on guard as she surveyed the area around her to make sure no one else was around. So far she had detected nothing out of the ordinary.

"What about you Alexander? Are you okay?" Ranathia replied as she descended back onto the ground keeping her ability as active for as long as she could as she reached over and sent a strong vibration of radiance through his body to purify his body of any ailments. Meira was shocked to see Ranathia actually touch a male without getting embarrassed or upset about it where she had to momentarily put her hand in front of her mouth questioning who that was though she said it quietly to herself. Perhaps the power that she was invoking made her see more clearly and not worry about her own selfishness. "You should be able to think clearly now without any repercussions. I removed the electrical charge that was impeding your functions from your body."

Ranathia stepped away from Alexander without thinking about what she had done earlier. She acted like nothing happened when she touched Alexander and the only other response that came out of her mouth as she kept her state active until she knew it was safe. As long as she didn't use anything powerful or a wide area of effect based spell or technique she could withstand the strain from the form she had taken. "Who do you think that was and do you have any information on them? And what should we do from here? I'm not sure that person's motives, but they could have wanted to get close to assassinate the princess. If that's the case, we'll have to observe her actions closely and keep her under constant guard."

"The actual shock had already faded, however I have absolutely no idea who that was or even what just transpired. Do you know why he panicked just by looking at you? Even before you did.. whatever spell that was. I should be able to track him in a few seconds. Betelgeuse, allow me to detect this trespasser." he said, as he finished a soft glow formed around him and he then spoke again. "I can't seem to find him. It is like he doesn't exist. I don't know how but he lied through my truth spell and now I cannot track him." he then muttered, "Do the gods favor him over me, or is some demon powerful enough to deny them."

Melianth saw the girl didn't mind if she took a seat and decided to sit down across from her to make it easier for the two to talk to each other. Then they wouldn't have to stare off to the side each time they said something and could remain eye contact at almost all times. She was very curious who this girl was and judging by what she was wearing she was under the notion that Alice was probably from one of the academies if Windgrace, but she could not confirm this since she wasn't wearing her school uniform. She would just have to go by an educated guess she made and see if she was correct if she were to bring up that question.

"Thank you." Melianth answered as she made herself comfortable taking a seat in one of the seats at the table that Alice was sitting at. She was curious to know why such a girl was sitting all alone with no one to talk to. "Gets rather lonely when you have no one to talk to, doesn't it? I'm aware of that feeling since I know it all too well." Those were the first words to escape Melianth's mouth ever since she sat down though she wasn't sure what to entirely ask the girl. Her mind, itself, was still in a state of confusion and she didn't know hardly anything about this girl. "Judging by your clothes, I take it you're from the academy around yonder? Could be just a mistake so excuse me if I give you the wrong impression." Melianth asked politely as she put her casual smile on her face.

Alice looked up from her food to the noblewoman and paused before swallowing her food. It seemed to her that Melianth was looking for someone to talk to while she ate. Alice replied Melianth's first question with a nod and spoke for the second. "Yes, I attend Tharome Academy, ma'am." The second question did bother Alice, what was wrong with her clothes? She's not wearing the uniform nor wear any accessory related to another academy. So why exactly did the woman mention her clothes?

"Yes, I attend Tharome Academy, ma'am." Alice said toward Melianth which struck her curiosity if she knew a girl she wanted to ask about. She wasn't entirely sure that the girl that was in question attended the same academy as her, but maybe she knew something about them. "I see." Melianth responded as she crossed her legs before she added onto her statement. "You wouldn't to happen to know a long beautiful looking pink haired girl named Meira Rystaliuskal, would you? All I've gathered from my sources is that she's part of the House of Rystaliuskal inside the Windgrace capital. She attended an academy, but I'm not sure if it was the same as yours since she was an aristocratic youth." She paused for a moment a bit ashamed of what she said. She thought it was rude she phrased Meira as an ariistocratic youth since it might give Alice the impression that she was coming onto her as condescending.

"For my condescending words, I wasn't trying to say you're a peon. I'm sorry I am tried to say such a thing without thinking about it. All I wanted to know is if you knew a girl named Meira or if you ever seen the girl around before." Melianth said after she apologized for what she had said in her previous statement.

If what Melianth said offended Alice, it didn't surface to her face. The blond seemed to think on an image of the person that the woman asked, coming up with a snobbish looking princess type in her head. Confident that she herself had never met the girl in question, Alice shook her head slowly. "I do not have the... honor of knowing such a person, ma'am."

Melianth reached into her pocket and was about to reveal a photograph of a girl who attended the military academy from what she remembered from the past. From what Melianth had gathered from the shards of memories she still had of the girl when she kept an eye on the girl from a distance like there was a fence seperating the two, Meira was not at all a selfish girl like a lot of people once believed after they found out about her princess nature and was in fact a very well disciplined lady with proper manners though sometimes she was a hothead who allowed her anger to get the best of her when people tried to tease her. She wasn't sure if telling her about the girl would do any good since it was obvious this girl might not know who she was talking about. She just remembered the two didn't know each other and she didn't introduce herself which made her feel a bit embarrassed. Before she asked anything else or showed her the photograph she introduced herself, but she apologized once again for her lack of manners, "I apologize for my lack of manners and not being ladylike, but we didn't even introduce ourselves. My name is Melianth and you are?"

Alice fought the urge to frown as she saw Melianth seemed to wandered off in her own mind before focusing back and started an introduction. It tickled Alice's curiosity that Melianth only stated one part of her full name for whatever reason, even so, she didn't have the same freedom to do the same. In the back of her mind however, something was saying to her that the noble in front of her wouldn't mind either way.

"Ah, my name's Alice Langfeldt, ma'am," Alice said, bowing a little as her position allow. She then straightened her back and this time wondered if she should deliberately acted boring or if she should act friendlier.

"Nice to meet you, Alice." Melianth greeted as she focused her attention completely on Alice as she still held the photo in her hand which she was looking at earlier. Her hand mostly loose, but her thumb gripped firm so that the photo did not slip out of her hands. Trying to stay away from trivial formalities, Melianth brought her hand up and set the picture on the table that's when she began to continue speaing to Alice. "Alice, have you ever seen this girl before?" She asked calmly as she slid the picture in Alice's direction. If she saw the girl before even perhaps vaguley the picture she took out of her pocket would surely job her memory. Melianth thought to herself as she tried to remain relaxed. "I don't mean to impose upon you, but what brings you to the castle? Call it just a curiosity."

"Mother." Another pink haired girl that looked somewhat like the girl in the picture other than her eyes which were not blue like Meira's eyes approached Melianth from behind. She found the girl rather interesting where she asked who it was she was talking to.

Melianth knew by the sound of the voice and the way they stressed the word "mother" that it was Reala. She was surprised to see Reala since she did earlier send her to apologize to the queen for causing destruction in the city earlier. "A friend of yours?" Reala asked curiously as she looked at Alice and the peered at the photograph that her mother had handed to Alice. There was a pink haired girl in it that looked a bit like her aside from some other features which made it easy to distinguish the two girls apart like the eyes and hairstyle.

"I'm sorry, Alice. Accept my apologies for my daughter's rudeness. Her name is Reala and she is somewhat lacking manners which I'm ashamed to say is true." Melianth said with hesitation on her face, because she knew it was true that Reala meant well but sometimes came across as a bit too curious.

A baffled look flashed on Alice's face before she took the picture from the table and examined it. The person in the picture didn't seem to be close to the mental image she built earlier. Even so, she was sure that she had not met this Meira before. Another voice cut in and Alice looked up to a similar looking person with the girl in the picture, who Melianth introduced as her daughter. Alice blinked as it was pointed out and also felt the hair on the back of her neck raised when Melianth mentioned her name again.
"Alice Langfeldt at your service...miss," Alice said to Reala before answering Melianth. "My answer remain, ma'am. I have not met her before. I doubt she attended the same Academy as I am, but if you wish I could try to look for her when I return."

Reala nodded to acknowledge Alice then took a look at the picture herself to notice a girl who looked a lot like her aside from her eyes and hairstyle where the girl in the picture wore her hair off to the sides in two poney tails. Reala remained quiet though since she had a hard time speaking to people she didn't know. She had enough courage to confront them, but not enough to say anything meanwhile Melianth returned the photograph to her pocket after Alice pushed it back to her and said she doesn't think she saw who she was looking for.

"That's not necessary, but I'd be grateful if you would." Melianth answered toward Alice's request since she felt she was imposing on the girl, but also would like her to keep an eye for a girl like that. She then stood up from the table, "Time's are indeed pressing and I want you to remain safe from danger, Alice. I thank you for at least giving me time to present my case, but I now must return to my duty before people start getting suspicious about my actions. Have a fabulous evening." She smiled as she signaled for Reala to follow her along. The two made there way toward the hallway to leave the dining area.

Alice stared at the back of the leaving noblewomen and left to her own business to mind. After a moment, she sighed as she stood up. A quick look told her that it was getting late and that she wouldn't made it to head home unless she wanted to walk part of it. Which meant she would be taking the Queen's offer after all. She would not lie, now that she's calmed down, the idea of spending the night in the Royal Castle also excite her on top of the nervousness. Sighing to herself, Alice stood and cleaned up after herself before she could be interrupted.
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"Do the gods favor him over me, or is some demon powerful enough to deny them?" Alexander asked as Siia heard what he said coming down from the tree she was on earlier as she materialized a cloak which covered most of her body not allowing anyone to see her young. She then walked over shaking her head lightly as she approached Alexander from behind.

"Not exactly. My sister doesn't favor anyone over you or anyone else for that matter. They are seen in her truthful eyes as all equals though the current intrusions within my sister's conscious may have deluded her original way of thinking not allowing her to always see the truth." Siia answered as she walked out in front of Alexander from behind confronting the entire group. She looked over toward Miia placing her face toward his ear and whispering as she pointed in a silver haired girls direction that was on the other side of the fence, "You can go ask if you want."

"I'm just pleased you are safe, Alexander." Ranathia sighed in relief seeing he was fine as she remained under the influence of her new state for a long duration of time. She decided to remain on guard in case someone else came in unexpected so she would be ready to take them on if necessary.

When Alexander started to talk about the intruder from earlier Ranathia did remember what direction he went, but she didn't even think to track his scent. It was too late now since he was long gone where she had no place of placing a tracking glyph on him or at least have one follow him from a distance undetected.

While Ranathia remained to stay on guard, Meira approached Alexander and thanked him for alerting them of the intruder. She was relieved that everyone was okay and also relieved that none of the information they discussed earlier fell into anyone else's hands. She though was curious to who that intruder was just like the mysterious pink haired girl she ran into earlier. There were certainly mysteries showing their faces in the gates of the Windgracian city which excited Meira since she loved mysteries. This was just one more mystery to add to her collection for her to solve.

"What do we do from here?" Meira questioned toward Alexander, Ranathia and the other mysteriously hooded girl who didn't want to show her appearance to anyone. Ranathia and Siia who is the hooded girl didn't know what to say, but Ranathia and Siia both remembered that Alexander talked about the assailant going out of control when he came into contact with Ranathia. Ranathia was unsure though Siia placed her finger and pondered the thought in her mind that might have lead toward her manifestation of the power activating inside of her. Judging by how long Ranathia has endured the state, this wasn't the first time it's happened and that it must have manifested inside her long ago. Siia though didn't know enough about the special crystal inside her body other than from what she remembered from the old Sindel texts she read of certain person who she seemed to be infatuated with, but there was no evidence to why she was so interested in the individual.

"I'm pretty sure, it had to do with her power or it had to do with the fact..." Right when she was about to say what it was about her mind became blocked where only she knew the answer to it. It was her obviously stonewalling again as she thought to herself quietly without trying to influence others around her.

Ranathia remembered that Alexander asked what caused the assailant to act like she did where she answered as she noticed Siia in deep thought thinking perhaps it was about the samething, "I don't know."

Alexander dully noted the remarks Siia said as he was far to busy trying to think of what he could do. "So far, not a one of my spells worked on him. How am I to expect any other of my spells to work. Is it possible he has some anti-divine magic field around him, but I felt the power of the gods wash over him. I have no idea what to do. I have no idea what we can do. My best suggestion would be to keep on constant alert and have several people watching over Meira from the shadows. I also think this is something the public probably doesn't need to know this close to the coronation.

A large mass of nobles dressed in their finest had already walked into the throne room where Meira's coronation ceremony was being held. Among those present were galactic nations like the Erewhon Pavilion stationed far away from the planet known as Gaea to nations of the Gaelan planet such as Cimmeria, Lumina and Kingdom of Eden to just name a few. The only leader that didn't looked to be present at the coronation ceremony was Princess Alicia who was still at loss due to the death of her elder sister and brother at the hands of a terrorist. People intermingled amongst the large groups that settled around their particular areas so they could converse with one another while enjoying the finest the castle's kitchen had to offer. Security in most areas was rather light so that the people could enjoy their festivities without fear of becoming suspicious about what was going on.

The throne room in the castle had been transformed where there were higher areas that appeared with tables and people standing on those platforms. The area around the throne had been expanded giving more space for people to gather without it being too crowded so that people could get around freely without bumping into others. There were larger groups toward the inner walls of the room and a lot less people gathered in the center making it easy to maneuver around in the room. Most of the people were talking with their friends, family or even colleagues they knew about various subjects some were even laughing in joy as if they were having a great time.

Meira who was standing amongst her friends talking looked around the room at all the people who had gathered for the event. She never realized that so many people were going to gather for just one occasion and why her out of all people she seemed to question in her mind. She was dressed in a pure white dress made of the finest fabric that flowed all the way down to the floor which dragged on the carpet when she moved around. Her high heels were quite uncomfortable which she thought were tight and made her feel awkward since they felt like they pinched her toes. She wasn't alone with her friends since her entourage was also with her who were Nathan and Alexander, but Ranathia seemed to have wandered off somewhere earlier.

She looked around the groups of people while trying to listen to her friends that were talking to her, but also remembered she better keep a low profile about her actions so that she doesn't cause a commotion. She knew if something bad was going to happen then surely they had to prevent it, but they didn't want to alarm the guests who were trying to enjoy their time. They would have to carefully survey the area for anyone that looked suspicious or out of character. She looked over toward both Nathan and Alexander sighing deeply at the many people in the room, "With all these people here it's going to be hard to spot who is the one that is going to be causing all the trouble. We can't talk too loud or we'll cause distress for the guests who are trying to enjoy themselves. We'll just have to observe our surroundings closely until we find someone that looks like they don't belong here. Both of you keep an eye." She said in a low voice as she turned her head in their direction momentarily before returning it toward where it was originally so that she could listen to her friends without them thinking she was ignoring them.

Ranathia moved around in the crowd was getting a bit frustrated since where she was the crowd was rather thick. Someone had come pulled her away from the crowd with information though she was a bit cautious and suspicious about the nature of the person. They managed to pull her away from Meira and the rest of the group where she was on guard about the fact that this might be the way they are trying to plan everything. "Ugh, this crowd is so thick and hard to move around in..." Where she was cut when she bumped into another individual who had wings though she couldn't entirely see who they were that was accompanied by another girl that was wearing a slender long pink dress with two slits where the thighs were like it were Chinese style. "Hey! Watch where you're going! You males have no sense of dignity or direction and that is why I hate you the most!" She raised her voice as she rose to her feet dusting her black dress off as she stared at the person in anger.

"My apologies, miss. My entourage is sincerely sorry for burdening you." A girl with silver hair as she reached her hand down toward the person saying, "Are you okay, Mithos?" The girl questioned as she had to fix the crown on her head after she pulled him up off the ground.

One of the things Nathan loved about his bare fisted monk fighting style, was that he could walk into a high security event like this and still remain just as battle ready as normal, when everyone had to leave their weapons behind, at least those who could fight. If anything, Nathan was feeling far more in his element then he expected; he was just as armed and dangerous as normal, while any potential assassin here would be hard pressed to sneak in the weapons that they needed. It might even come down to a match of sheer physical strength, something Nathan was sure he would win. However, he couldn't help but feel uneasy. He could feel in his gut that something big was going to happen, and not just because someone from the future told him

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"If a simple bump like that was enough to cause me any sort of harm, then I don't think I'd even be healthy enough to be here" The blond haired winged man replied. "Although with such a large crowd, things like this are to be expected." He then turned his attention to Ranathia "however, I do find myself intrigued by her. I had thought her kind were nothing but stories...but it seems I was mistaken; there is in fact, a living breathing man hater before my eyes. I find the idea that someone could despise me so much simple for having a y chromosome fascinating. It seems I was mistaken; I did see something interesting today"

Fenrir was with the others at the coronation to his grimace, but Meira insisted he came. He never did like basically any from the upper-class class, granted, he doesn't really like all that many different types of people. However he did feel nervous about the Cimmeria's being here. He thought to himself, "Just keep your cool. I will get Meria to trust me and think I am just a dumb little kid she picked up off the street, I will get her to help me rescue the other werewolves they are keeping in Cimmeria and then I will gone and we will look for the others and then just find us a nice werewolf controlled place to settle down. I can't let this go wrong just because I lose my temper. My brothers freedom are way more important than petty revenge."

However his thoughts were put on hold when he noticed Nathan. All he know about that person was his name and Fenrir could sense something wasn't quite right about him. He decided that talking to him might get his mind of Cimmeria for a while. He walked up to him and said, "What is you're deal. You look like you're going to punch a guy just if they poked you." He then took a moment to sniff the air, and some thing really didn't seem quite right with this Nathan fellow.

Alice looked at the mass of finely dressed nobles in the hall, expecting them to cast disdained looks towards her or a hushed whisper that she'd pick up anyway for wearing casual clothing in the hall. Yet none of that came even as she walked at the side of the hall wearing the glamoured dress that a strange noble girl practically forced on her. She had no idea what the noble was after as the latter left her aside afterward. Her optimistic side was urging her to take the chance and watch the event like a good girl but her paranoid side skeptically pointed that no noble would have done what she did without having something else in mind. Not to mention that the black haired noble didn't look much older than Alice herself despite trivially doing a trickier glamour than what most older noblewomen used. Breathing a sigh, Alice straightened her back and walked around the hall again as she tried to look for the black haired noble girl, she had some time before the ceremony started.
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A noble dressed in fancy clothes approached Meira with two of his guards walking beside him dressed in black attire. They looked like to be his bodyguards, but no one other than this person knew who they were. The man is dressed in a fancy white with gold embroidery shirt wearing blue slacks and white shoes. They walked over toward the group introducing himself to them all then dragged Meira off so he could talk to her alone in private inside the banquet hall.

Meira looked at him surprised when he just suddenly jerked her away from the group, but judging by the expression on his face it looked to be quite urgent. "What might I do for you, Duke Padraig?" Meira was a bit in a state of confusion since she wasn't quite sure what was going on. She also saw a moment ago a girl dressed in a dress that looked more like a skirt approaching her but they suddenly stopped turning around facing the other direction. She wondered what that was all about.

The Duke smiled pointing toward the door as he walked toward the door where Meira turned around, "Don't worry, I'll be right back. Seems that Duke Padraig has something to tell me. Just enjoy yourselves until I get back." Meira said toward her friends as she waved before turning around and following the duke through the doors down the hallway. They continued to move through the castle until the elevator they got on reached one of the higher floors where he told her ladies first before following behind her. Meira was curious what could be so important that they had to talk in a place that was hardly secure at all where there was no one around or to be seen.

"This way, Princess Meira if you please." The duke answered letting her pass by him as he held the door open then a grin hid under his face which was turned away from her at the time as he shut the door then locked it.

When Meira heard him lock the door she became alarmed where she questioned out of curiosity, "Why did you just lock the door?"

The duke told her it was for her own protection while they talked. He then walked casually over toward sofa on the other side of Meira with his back turned. He started to grin since he knew he managed to get the princess to fall for his plot. He was about to hatch his plan for her but before doing so he grinned saying while trying to hide the laughter in his voice preventing from jumping the gun before he could reel her in, "You probably want to know why I brought you here, don't you? Wouldn't any curious princess who asks too many questions?"

Meira was confused by his last statement since she had no idea what he meant by curious princess who asked too many questions. She had hardly asked any questions and was only alarmed by why he locked the door after she went into the room. It was a legitimate questions due to the fact that his actions seemed a little suspicious. Though she found it hard to believe that someone close to her like Duke Padraig would plot anything. She casually said as she walked over toward the door, "Why don't you just tell me now, because I need to be returning to the throne room. The coronation will start soon."

"I'm afraid you won't be attending the coronation, Princess." Padraig said with sincerity as he turned around and unveiled a handgun which he pointed at Meira with. "In fact, you won't be going anywhere, my dear." He grinned.

"What are you doing, Padraig? What is the meaning of this? I demand an explanation for this kind of behavior." Meira demanded as she kept her distance from Padraig and not moving from her position since he would probably shoot her. "This is a joke, right?" She said as she tried to step one foot forward only to have Padraig yell, "Don't move one step, princess. If you do I'll be force to use this on you." Meira then realized he wasn't joking. She didn't know what to do and before she could react two men grabbed her from behind.

She tried to struggle but Padraig revealed what looked like a trigger out of pocket with his free hand putting his finger near a red button on it. "Behave princess or your friends might pay the price." He smiled as he looked at her with a serious look on his face showing that he wasn't kidding. He didn't yet reveal what that thing in his was for, but Meira knew it looked like some kind of trigger to a bomb.

"What have you done!?" She demanded while his one of his two men kept her held back while the other one prepared a chair that they most likely planned to force her to sit in.

"Isn't obvious?" Padraig grinned as he approached Meira then let his hand embrace her face caressing it. "I planted bombs in the throne room. If you do not do as I say your friends will die, understood?" He finished his statement with a more sinister tone in voice as the accomplice that wasn't pinning Meira's arms behind her back was looking around for probably some rope to tie Meira to the chair he prepared for her.

"YOU MONSTER! HOW COULD YOU!?" Meira yelled only to have the one accomplice clamp his hand tight over her mouth to keep her quiet. Padraig threatened to push the button by tapping on where the goon whispered into her ear to stay quiet and he'd release his hand on her mouth. Meira had no choice other than obey their commands and the man released his hand on her mouth returning it to his side.

Walking back and forth near Meira Padraig paced slowly on each pass as he continued, "I've waited too long for an opportunity to take control of this country. It was years I waited to take control of this country and you stole my chance at seizing the throne. I still have a chance as long as you don't show up. By default of your absence I will assume control of the throne. I'll make sure that I tell them you were too ill to attend." He paused there as he again approached Meira and grabbed her chin pointing up toward his face, "You behave like a good princess and do as these men say. Your friends might just live if you do."

As he went to unlock the door seeing Meira gave into his demands he ordered his men as he opened the door turning his head, "Tie the princess up and keep her quiet. I don't want anyone screwing up this plan of mine." He paused then he added as he closed the door behind him, "Kill anyone that comes through this door that isn't me." He ordered his two guards as he walked away down the hallway grinning about the fact he would soon become King Padraig and control the entire Windgrace populous. It was like a dream come true for him. With the princess under wraps and safely secured away all he had to do was return in time for the queen's resignation. He walked pass his two guards informing them to kill anyone that tries to go through the door that they are guarding. From what it looked like as he walked back to the elevator once he had the princess in captivity the security suddenly heightened in the castle.
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Meanwhile back in the throne room, certain girls in the room had saw Meira had left with the duke though she didn't return. It had been nearly an hour and she still wasn't back after going with Duke Padraig. Siia and Miia who were both dressed in fancy Chinese dresses with two slits on the side became very suspicious about what was going on. It wasn't like Meira to miss an important event and it certainly wasn't like her to take an hour to hear someone's report. Something was very wrong. Siia looked over toward Miia and remembered that someone that looked like one of the bodyguards of Padraig lured Ranathia away from Meira saying that had a report for her. Though she noticed when Ranathia got over toward the position that person was supposed to be there were nowhere to be found.

"Something is wrong." Siia said toward Miia where she looked over and noticed the girl that met earlier with pink hair that was with Meira's mother was also gone. She wondered where she went off to as well. Her suspicion became even more clear when Padraig returned to the throne room, but Meira was nowhere to be found. There was an unusual cheerful look on his face which you wouldn't see naturally since he complained about the fact Meira was going to become ruler of Wingrace and not him.

Melianth herself who stood beside Ariesu while intermingling with the Erewhon Pavilion group was also concerned. She wanted to intervene but Ariesu stopped her shaking his head. He told her it wasn't wise for her to get involved and that she should just wait for right now. There was no clear evidence that anything happened to her since they would have heard about it already. Though he did keep a very close eye on Padraig knowing that there was something that he was hiding under that new expression he had on his face. Some suspicious activity can be seen as guards look like they bar the door after Padraig talked to them. Everyone else was too busy enjoying themselves to ever notice that two guards stood in front of the door.
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Back upstairs Meira was lead toward the chair with a man pointing a gun at her back. She had no choice other than to obey their commands as long as they held leverage. If she showed up at the coronation Padraig might detonate the bombs in the throne room. There was nothing she could do at the moment. She hoped no one would come looking for her since it would endanger the guests. She took a seat in the chair where the tied her hands behind the chair securing a loop to one of the posts on the chair to prevent her from getting out of it. He then coiled several layers of rope below her breasts securing her tightly to the chair.

"Ouch dammit, that hurt!" Meira protested since the rope pinched her skin and it hurt. The man tying her up loosened it a little bit so it didn't irritate her that much as he looped a layer in between her hands to prevent her from easily squeezing them free. He then bent down low and poked his head underneath her dress where Meira first thought was pervert. The man never looked up to see what she was wearing underneath. He tied her ankles in the same way as he did her hands with a layer in between to make sure it was hard for her to get free then secured a portion of the rope to the chair so she went nowhere. Meira thought in her mind how she hated the predicament she was in right now. She needed to find some way to escape when they were done or hope someone came to her rescue. She sighed to herself, "This sucks and I cannot believe Padraig would do something like this. I can't warn anyone or they might kill everyone."

"Comfortable princess?" One of the men grinned as he stared at the trussed up princess who was tightly bound to a chair. Before he made his next action he would wait and see what the princess had to say. They were told the princess had a big mouth and it was something they learned from a Guardian noble they happened to run into at a bar. They weren't sure if Meira would behave like a good girl until the queen's resignation was over. They weren't sure if they needed to force her to be quiet or not. The two stared at each other shrugged.

Meira heard a girl's voice outside where she whispered to herself what was going on. The two men who tied up earlier were now sitting at a table playing a game of checkers. When the voice came closer she heard the words "okay dammit, don't be so pushy" she realized it was a girl. She wasn't entirely sure the girl was but when the door was unlocked and finally opened she saw a pinked hair girl with her hands tied behind her back being lead into the room by some of the guards in the castle. Meira turned her head away for a moment as they forced her to continue to walk forward into the room until they pushed her hard in the back on a bed. One of the men finished tying her ankles together before they exited the room. Meira thought she had seen this girl somewhere before but where? Then it hit her, it was the same girl she saw down in the throne room lobby that looked somewhat like her. She was curious to know who that girl was, but the men kept the girls separated to prevent them from talking to each other. One of the men that was in the room watching TV demanded at the captured girl, "Sit there and shut up. No harm will come to you or the princess if you behave. Got it?"

The pink hair girl nodded at him though she was very uncomfortable because her ropes were tied rather tight. She tried to fight against her bonds to no avail where she realized she was wasting energy. She looked over toward another pink haired girl who she knew was Princess Meira where she contemplated to herself quietly, "I knew Padraig was up to something, but my carelessness got me caught. Damn this floor is crawling with these cronies. I was stupid enough to get myself captured which is embarrassing. They also took all my weapons and I did not like how that guard patted me down."

One of the men walked over toward the girl lying on the bed pulled out a handgun and pressed it hard to her head to get Meira's attention. It was pressed so hard against the girl's flesh that she cringed when it was pressed against her temple. "Now that we have a hostage we can use against you I think you better just do as we say, princess. Otherwise this girl dies. It'll be a lot easier now that this girl went snooping where she didn't belong and landed right in our laps. You two behave like good girls and no harm will come to either of you." The man with the handgun said as he pulled it away from her head and returned it to the concealed holster in his coat.

"Who are these guys?" The pink hair girl questioned as she looked at the man with fire in eyes, but was forced to obey their commands as long as they had a hostage to force either of their captives into submission with.
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Ranathia noticed that Mithos was looking at her rather strangely like if it were a stare which irritated her. She immediately shifted into a serious pose as she approached Mithos a little closer where words finally came out of her mouth. "What are you looking at!?" She said in frustration not amused by the blonde hair man's audacity to stare at her which she found not only rude but also very insulting

"You're Princess Ranathia, aren't you?" The silver haired wing girl asked Ranathia as she examined the room closely. She felt an unusual air within the room which she knew was a bit suspicious. She would refrain from saying anything about it not to alarm anyone, but she needed to consult with her advisers as soon as she was done with her conversation with Ranathia.

Ranathia turned her head away in a hmph type of gesture staring at the ground not pleased by the girl addressing her as princess. She hated the title princess since she thought it was a sexist way for males to say women were incompetent. "Ranathia, yes. The princess part I can do without."

"Oh I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. Forgive my lack of manners, Lady Ranathia. I am Princess Pheliana of the Kingdom of Eden. I came to this banquet in hope of strengthening my relations with the Kingdom of Windgrace. Strange a non-Windgrace member would be taking control of this country. Throughout the course of history, all members who ruled over Windgrace had "Windgrace" in their last name." Pheliana said after her introduction she made toward Ranathia. She wasn't sure how things were going to go with trying to strengthen the ties between the two countries, but she did hope they'd at least be considerate and listen to what she had to offer. It was better than hearing her advisers talk about what politics would benefit the Eden country. It was a way for her to shield herself from the political world for a short while which she would take full advantage of.

Tarantino style disjointed story telling go!

When...that guy they met earlier today (did he even hear his name at all?) spoke to him, he responded with "far too many things to list tonight man"

We now return the timeline of the story to normal

This was bad, really bad. Nathan was told that something was going to happen today, but like an idiot, he let Meria out of his sight. Not only that, but that duke guy from before was walking around, with no sign of Meria. He knew that scumbag must have dome something to her, but he had no idea what. His instincts told him to do one of two things; either beat the answers out of him, or go looking for her himself, and breaking down anything or anyone that got in his way...but something told him it wouldn't be that simple. Quite frankly. he didn't have enough information. Although Nathan had a bad feeling that after tonight, everything was going to change

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Mithos was just content to watch the two girls talk to each other. He found them an odd pair; one a gentle soul, and the other a fierce man hater. He wasn't quite sure where this was going, but it should at least provide some form of entertainment. 'This is, without a doubt, the most entertaining social event I have ever attended. Even more then my own birthdays...which come to think of it, sounds pretty sad. Most children get to enjoy their birthdays, but mine were always just another social event to get through...and the presents...what kind of brain dead moron thinks that a 10 year old boy wants earnings for his birthday. I'm just glad they ended up being cursed, it sure made me feel better about leaving them in the box they came in'

Unbeknownst to the Duke and Meira, one of the guest had also planned to ask for a private audience with the princess and decided to ambush her on the way back after the Duke finished his conversation with the princess. When the Duke headed back to the hall with a pleased look on his face but with no sign of the princess, it wasn't hard to guess that the duke had done something, especially when there're two armed guards guarding a room in an empty area. He almost stepped out to meet the guards and asked but decided not to upon realizing their tenseness. Something was up.

Tapping a finger to his side, the noble considered his option, Should I inform Prime about this....hmmm.
Inform me what? a disembodied voice echoed in his head without any warning.
That a change of plan might be needed. he replied without missing a beat.
.....The two bitches are here.....no changes on the plan. We make do whatever happen.
The duke would make an awful choice.
....That concern is....secondary...
Ah....you're going to help then?....Hello?.....Hmph, fine, don't answer.

Finished with the quick conversation with no one, the noble walked away from his place and headed down.

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Alice was still walking around to find the noble that lend her the dress she was wearing and noticed the sudden addition of guards stationed around the hall. She passes it on as the time for the coronation nearing and warily looked towards the center of the room. She had walked around the side of the room several times and had not found the noble yet, which meant it was likely that the noble was hanging around the center. Should she look there? No, that probably would attract attention to her.

Might as well head to the doors then, Alice sighed.

"This does give me an opportunity though." Reala said as she try to concentrate her energy in her and try to communicate with Meira's energy so she could use what she was told to by Siia. She wasn't sure if she could trust Siia's words since Siia herself said that a misfortune was going to befall Meira one that could only be corrected if they retrieved her Memoria Matrix data before it was going to happen. When she was about to activate the Chaos Rune: Memoria Matrix she was interrupted by a voice that spoke to her in her mind that sounded like Siia. Siia's voice said to Reala as she was successfully able to connect with her conscious with some help from her inner compatriot Stellvia. "Reala, can you hear me?" The voice questioned clearly in her mind as it awaited a response from her patiently.

Reala was relieved it was Siia. Reala knew there was little she could do being tied up like Meira so all she could do is try to give Siia an idea of where she was. The goons had blindfolded and gagged her earlier to prevent her from calling for help and knowing where they were taking her. She knew it was somewhere inside the castle since right at the room they were holding Meira captive they removed both her gag and blindfold then pushed her into the room. "Since I was wearing a blindfold all I can tell you is we are somewhere on one of the higher levels of the castle. I'm guessing we are in the guest room area, but since that area is very large I can't give you a good idea where. I wasn't able to see what was on the door since it was opened before my blindfold was removed and the goon stood right in front of the door to prevent me from seeing what was on the door. But Meira is being held captive on the higher floor and that dirtbag Padraig tricked her luring her into this trap I fell into as well."

Siia sighed to herself knowing it wasn't much to go on, but it certainly was a start. The higher level had tons of guest rooms and it would take time to go through each one and see where they were holding her. Since Reala was blindfolded, she knew asking her what floor she was on was pointless though if Reala paid attention to how many times there was a ring on the elevator she would have been able to tell what floor they were on without seeing. It's something she knew that she would have to teach Reala later. For now they needed to gather information on what was going on. "Can you talk with Meira?" Siia questioned toward Reala who was adjusting her position so she could get ready to activate what she was on Meira.

"Negative, they have us separated so I'd have to yell which would draw suspicion among those who are around us. I also cannot communicate her telepathically until the download of her Memoria Matrix is finished." Reala said as she allowed Siia a chance to say what she wanted say afterward trying to find a way to get comfortable since she felt most uncomfortable in the position she was in right now.

"If what Stellvia's precognition said was true then we need to be ready for when this person tries to take over Meira's body. We cannot prevent him from taking her over, but we can use a countermeasure where we'll use her original Memoria Matrix data once we find the Cosmosphere Restoration neural rune magic. Melianth has a few ideas though she is reluctant to enact them when that time comes. Just make sure you properly download her data. Do it before she comes into contact with a certain person. I'm counting on you, Reala. Melianth also wants you to use your Chaos Rune: Copy on Meleitling and extract the Chaos Rune: Sword from it. We need to limit as much damage to the future as we can even if we cannot prevent the inevitable, we can take steps toward reversing it." Siia informed her as she tried to look like she was talking to Miia to prevent people from getting suspicious about her actions.

"Very well, Lady Siia. I won't disappoint you." Reala answered as she closed the connection then began the activation of the Chaos Rune: Memoria Matrix preparing to download Meira's original cosmosphere data before the time it was to be breached. She whispered to herself as she glanced over toward Meira who was facing away from her, "Memoria Matrix begin downloading process. Extract cosmosphere information from eternal sphere subject 15078-1459039AFC25AB00FAC07 of Universal index." Reala said as her rune shined lightly on her body as a voice said to her quietly "Affirmative, download process in progress. This may take several minutes to complete so please be patient." toward her as she had begun Phase 1 of Siia's plan. Now she needed to enact Phase 2 which was to retrieve Chaos Rune: Sword from Meleitling, but that would have to wait since she was tied up at the moment with Meira.

"Huh?" Meira said as she felt a tickle on her body from a temporary tingling sensation that dissipated in second after it had manifested. She didn't know what cause that sensation but she thought it was strange. After that a voice started laughing to her in her mind. "Look what your feeble mind got you into. Your feeble weak little mind, little girl is going to be the end of you one day. Luckily your friends are willing to save you from yourself." The words of the voice that spoke to her alarmed her. Not only were its words very disturbing, who the hell was this thing that was talking to her in her mind. She spoke to it in her mind asking who it was. Unfortunately for her, it did not answer her ignoring her words completely. She didn't know if she was hearing things or if that voice was genuine.
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While the Duke returned to his seat, Siia was busy trying to stay in contact with Reala. To her demise, Reala's reckless carefree attitude got her captured, but at least that help her determine the fact that Padraig took Meira captive inside the castle. She couldn't just boldly approach him demanding the truth from him since it would start a scene in the throne room and the guards that suddenly appeared barring people from leaving the throne room looked very suspicious. Also the fact that Duke Padraig returned with a cheerful smile on his face was quite out of place and unusual. She knew that he kidnapped Meira and his goons managed to capture Reala, but since Reala was blindfolded she only had what Reala could tell her to go on.

Miia walked over and whispered into Siia's ear trying to arouse much suspicion when doing so, "Reala found Meira, didn't she?" Miia questioned as it seemed even Melianth came over to join the group to hear what they had to say. Melianth earlier had spoke to Chloris, Lenna and Luther who had informed her that something bad was going to happen and that everyone should embrace themselves for that moment when it arrives for now. She wondered if either Miia or Siia had more information on the matter and was also curious to why she hadn't heard from or seen Reala ever since Padraig lead Meira away. What was even more suspicious was the fact he returned without her and she was nowhere to be found. She knew that she hadn't left the castle from what she heard from the three she spoke to earlier since Luther checked in with both Archduke Valerius and the General of Defense Rhadamanthus.

"What is with the looks on your faces?" Melianth questioned when she noticed both Miia and Siia both shared alert looks where they constantly were looking around their surroundings like they were looking for something or someone.

Before Siia could answer a man dressed in mostly black approached the group who Miia and Siia both knew was their impolite brother Ariesu. Though they knew Ariesu was cold at heart he was still a very reserved and civilized person even if he didn't look like he was at first glimpse. "Did you find her?" Ariesu asked boldly toward the group not realizing he had rudely interrupted Melianth.

"If you mean Meira then no. We just have an idea where they are keeping her though we have confirmed through Reala that it was that scumbag Padraig who took her hostage. We do not know his intentions since Reala can't communicate with Meira while using the Chaos Rune: Memoria Matrix. We'll just have to wait for her to finish and then make a connection with Meira so she can find out what is going on. All we know is that Padraig is preventing her from attending the coronation, because he wants to assume control of Windgrace. We know nothing more than that or how he plans to kill all the leaders that are present. Even Stellvia won't tell much about it since she fears interfering with fate is an unwise decision. We are on our own for now." Siia stated toward Ariesu updating him on the situation and debriefing him about what happened to Meira who was with Padraig earlier.

"Then perhaps I should go ask him myself. I can be quite convincing." Ariesu said as he was about to walk off in Padraig's direction only to have Siia grab him, "No Ariesu! You will only cause a commotion that way. We have to approach this problem carefully and we can't just go decide to beat the truth out of people when we are angry. I know how you feel about her, but we need to gather more information first before being hasty." Siia said as she tried to convince Ariesu to reconsider which just gave a hmph and then the words "fine" afterwards in a loud tone. The last thing she wouldn't to do was cause a panic that would alarm the guests. They had to handle this situation delicately with care or else they might cause a major commotion amongst the people who attended the ceremony especially the citizens.
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"Excuse me for a moment." Ranathia dismissed herself from both Pheliana and Mithos presence as she made her way toward a group of three girls and even one that looked a lot like Meira who she wondered who it was. It wasn't Meira she knew since she wore an entirely different dress apart from the one that Meira wore and their were some slightly distinguishing facial features that allowed her to tell the two apart.

"Enjoy yourself, Ranathia." Princess Pheliana answered as she finally decided that she needed to return to her advisers. She looked over toward Mithos before she rejoined her group, "You can go do as you please, Mithos. I'll be fine without your protection. Besides, I fear something else is going to happen which I want you to look into for me if you could. It'll give you a chance to present yourself as a representative of our nation in front of the newly crowned leader." She concluded as she walked back over to rejoin her advisers and talk to them about what they were going to do when they had a chance to speak to the new leader of Windgrace.
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Four men dressed in very fancy high tech looking like uniforms approached the group who were concerned about how they acting. The group leader who has long shiny silver hair that reaches down his backside became quite alerted by the commotion he saw when he read their lips and decided to come see what was going on for himself. "Ahem." The man said as he approached the group from behind where they all faced him. "Might I ask what is going on here?"

"Lord Luhsein, what brings you over here?" Siia asked quite surprised by the sudden approach of the Erewhon Pavilion leader. The only one of the group who probably didn't know Luhsein was Ranathia who was about to join the group. She became quite surprised herself when someone of that stature approached the three ladies and one man that were talking amongst each other.

Ranathia tried to communicate with Nathan using her mind hoping he would listen to what she said, "Nathan, bring all the others to where we are. Something has happened and it is very important that we regroup and find out what exactly is going on." Ranathia answered as she ended her communication link to his mind then focused her attention on what was going on between the people that were present talking.

"You too Fenrir." She said as she temporarily tried to make a communication link using her mind with Fenrir hoping her heard her. She also remembered seeing the pink haired girl in the group talking to Chloris, Lenna and Luther earlier, but she didn't know what they were talking about since she was so far away from them at the time. To find that same girl over with this group means that something must be going on that everyone needed to know about, but not get too loud as to let the guests hear what they were speaking to each other about.

Mithos shrugged "A bad feeling isn't much to go on, but I'll do what I can" he said as he got up and began to wander around, keeping an ear and an eye out for trouble

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There was a small part of Nathan that wanted to deck that woman (Rane-something...or was it Rana?) for violating his mind like that, but he felt like that wouldn't get him anywhere. Scanning the crowd, he could only find the woman in question (at least he thought it was her...like 99 percent sure) and walked over to her "I'm going to just go ahead and assume that you have a really good reason for invading my mind like that. In fact, I'm just going to go ahead and take a shot in the dark and guess that this has something to do with Meria vanishing, while the guy who lead her away is walking around out here. Oh, also I'm not sure where 'all the others' are. I was barely able to find you in this massive crowd"