Chapter 45: The divine figure
Magnus pulled out the chair for him and settled on it. It was his first time seeing Gloria and realized that she was quite old, probably in her late eighties.
"I thought only Prince Magnus would come," Gloria said as she placed her both on the table. All her ten fingers were covered in the various stone rings.
"I thought not to let my brother go alone," Izaak replied.
"I heard Prince Magnus can look into Alora’s eyes," Gloria asserted. "Is he here to ask me about that?" she queried.
"Yes. Also, why does Alora have such eyes?" Magnus queried.
"I tried to find out about it long ago– When the rumors began about a human being born with eyes that could burn anyone," Gloria truthfully told him.
"What about now? Can’t you find it now?" Magnus inquired.
"I tried the day His Majesty sent me the message. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything. But I got the sight of a woman, who didn’t seem to be a human. It was someone divine," Gloria pronounced. "I couldn’t make a communication with her."
Izaak was surprised to learn that Magnus’s guess was right.
"Do you think attempts were made to kill Alora?" Magnus asked.
"I think so. But I never heard any such cases, except the one in which she was attacked in her journey to Elmswood," Gloria answered.