Chapter 172: An Emergency
Elys then quickly produced something from her tiny waist satchel. She raised it high enough for the two to see, and then asked Henry, "Can your friend identify what this is used for?"
The old man was shocked at first that Elys knew of his ’friend’, but then thought Cordelia must have been the one to tell her. There was also the fact that Aleksander fawned on her and her powers, and there was a high chance that Aleksander himself told her of the attendant’s connections.
Henry squinted at the piece of glass in her hand, noting a bright greenish stain on what looked like a broken vial.
The old man was about to speak, but before he could even respond, the knight outside Aleksander and Elysianne’s chambers announced, "Marquis Lanz wishes to speak to his majesty!"
Aleksander clicked his tongue at the timing the Marquis arrived.
"Tell him I am busy right now," Aleksander answered.
"Your majesty," Marquis Lanz called out, "I humbly ask you to meet with the High Courts. There has been some emergency aside from the fire that they want to address."
Aleksander bit his lower lip in frustration and turned to Elys and Henry, "Keep that hidden for a while. I will answer my head secretary for a minute."
The young king stormed off towards the door, and he opened it just a crack for him to speak with his Knight Commander. Elys could make out several minutes of harsh whispers being exchanged before Aleksander suddenly stopped in his tracks.