Book 17: Chapter 45
“Miss Ling Yue, did you notice anything?”
Tanya put away the letter Ling Yue wrote. Ling Yue wrote a letter and asked Tanya to rush through the night to deliver it to her husband at Hilles city before she could even get in a meal. Tanya didn’t know what the letter was about, but Ling Yue was evidently treating it as an urgent matter. She was so rushed that she didn’t even have time to heat up the stamp and sealed it with her saliva, instead. She didn’t write anything on the envelope either. Tanya didn’t dare to read the contents.
“Yes, I’ve noticed lots of things, and I’m aware of the unrest in the city. I’m worried for my husband. He doesn’t know that there’s no longer anyone loyal to him in this palace; in other words, nobody in the palace has any respect for their King anymore. They touched my husband’s stuff and took one his items.
“What is it?”
“I’m not sure; it’s probably a seal. My husband has one on him, maybe two, but I’ve only seen it once. I saw it when he signed some documents. At the time, he signed the documents at that desk. He then placed the seal in his drawer, but it was missing when I checked yesterday.”
“Is your memory that amazing?”
“It’s not that I have an impressive memory, but because there was a certain part of the drawer that wasn’t covered in dust. Technically, there was a thin layer. We foxes are very sensitive to our environment. We notice even subtle changes. The maids said that nobody touched the drawer, but something was missing. Further, that’s something a King uses to sign documents. It’s worth the dignity of a King. My husband only uses the seal when he comes back to this so-called free city, a city of sin where morals and laws have been dumped. I’ve informed him that his seal was stolen in this letter.”
“Yes, Your Majesty,” replied Tanya. “However, it is too dangerous for you to stay here by yourself. My other duty is to protect you.”
“It’s been just one short year. Tanya, have you noticed something different? I remember that you wanted to kill me in the past, yet here you are now doing your utmost to protect me. Tanya, I really want to be friends with you, but it seemed impossible from the very beginning.”