Book 4: Chapter 27
“Your majesty, according to my observations, the horse carriage loaded with church’s goods enters the the market every day early in the morning because their carriages are large due to the size of the statues. The royal capital’s regulation is that horse carriages carrying heavy goods may only enter early in the morning. That is when there are the fewest guards and people. Perhaps that is how they snuck in.”
I nodded and waved my hand to send Castell’s subordinate away. Luna walked up lightly and threw my cape onto my back. In a quiet voice, she said: “Your majesty, you got drunk tonight, so I do not think you should go if it is early in the morning.”
I picked up the berries on the plate by the side and took a big bite. An unbearable sour taste suddenly made me almost spit them out. I gave it my all to chew the stuff in my mouth and swallow the unbearably sour juice before throwing the remaining berries away. I then stood up and said: “No, I have to go and inspect the church’s horse carriages tomorrow morning. I might not find anything, but I must check things out.”
“Your majesty, your body will not be able to bear it. These berries can only help you sober up, so you still need to rest.”
Luna gave me a gentle back-hug with her arms around my neck. She softly said next to my ear: “Don’t get yourself sick, your majesty. Don’t overwork yourself.”
“Thank you, Luna. But I can’t sleep even if you asked me to right now.”
I turned around to look at Luna. Luna smiled before letting go and leaving the room. A moment later, Luna came back in with a pot of tea and some simple snacks. Luna placed a tea cup and the teapot in front of me, and then poured me a hot cup of tea. She smiled and said: “In that case, let us have a chat then, your majesty.”
I looked at Luna. Luna wore a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth. She held the wooden cup of tea and had a drink. Humanity’s tea and elven tea is pretty much the same. The difference is that humanity boils tea-leaves, milk and other stuff together. Both hot and cold teas have their own attraction. I picked my tea-cup up. The refreshments were very large coarse wheat cakes. It looks like they were Luna’s refreshments and not mine.
The maids have snacks, but they looked very coarse. I think it must be this stuff.