Tangled

The time is almost noon at Reginald's Mansion. Romain, Volya, and Markos on their patrol mission around the mansion. They walk around the building in silence. Or rather Romain and Volya are trying to hide their laughter.

The reason is simple, they could see someone slapped Markos' cheek quite hard and the aftermath still showed on it.

Markos notices them and with an annoyed face says,

"If you have something in your mind, just spit it out!"

"Err... Nothing... I think?" replied Volya as he looked away from Markos

"What about you, Romain? I believe a knight of virtue like you will bluntly say what is inside your mind..."

Romain didn't answer his question and still tries to hide his laughter. Markos only could sigh as he walked behind the two of them.

Volya then suddenly looks at Markos, grins at him, and asks,

"So... How did you spend the night with Luca?"

"I... Don't want... to talk about that..." replied Markos

"Oho... I believe that slap has nothing to do with her, huh..." teases Volya

"Shut up!" replied Markos with an annoyed face

Romain and Volya immediately burst with laughter and not long after that tried to contain their laughter again.

But, this time Markos asks them,

"What about on your side? I believe Helena will not leave both of you out of the hook,"

Both of them stop and try to forget the thought of what would happen if they didn't clear the misunderstanding fast enough and without Akantha's help.

Volya then says,

"At least... Akantha and Aliz help us a bit this morning,"

"Without their help... We are toast this morning..." continues Romain as he looks at the distance

"Is that so... Why should I get the teaser one..." replied Markos with a sighs

At that moment, Markos notices something. He then asks,

"Did you say that Akantha and Aliz help you?"

"Yes, they are. By leaving us first to find a good fabric for their weekend task," replied Romain

"Why?"

"I think... Either Akantha or Aliz notices my face back then..." continues Volya

"They are quite considerate with both of you... Ah..." said Markos before notices something

"What is it?" asks both of them

"Of course... They will help a good looking young man like both of you ahahahahahaha..."

Volya only could sigh while Romain only could smile at Markos. They then continue to talk until Romain says,

"Did you notice that the number of knights is increasing lately?"

"Is it?" asks Volya

"Yes..." replied Markos

"Why didn't you inform me about it?" asked Volya at both of them

Romain and Markos look at each other and then Markos replied,

"I need to find out whether they indeed increase their ranks or not... And it seems they played it by giving a shift slot,"

"It's just... We accidentally see when they do a swap," replied Romain

Volya nods, and then mumbles,

"If Reginald has a lot of knights under his wing, why should he appoint adventurers to protect him?"

"You got a point there..." said Romain

Markos looks at both of them and something crosses his mind. He then asks,

"If they apply a shift time now, isn't there a probability where they start to send their knight under our tail again?"

"In other words... Reginald breaks his promise..." replied Volya

"And I believe they will blend with the civilian," said Romain

All of them stop and then think for a moment. Markos then asks Volya and Romain,

"Isn't it better if we ask Reginald to keep his promise?"

"Without any evidence? That's almost the same as suicide," replied Volya

"And it could backfire to us as Reginald could suddenly accuse us of rebellion on his territory," continues Romain

"You are right..." said Markos as he rubs his chin

"Then, we can't do anything at the moment... And we should stay quiet about our finding," continues Romain as he looks at Markos and Volya

Volya nods and puts the information in his mind. He then asks Markos,

"And is there any information on clearance to do an investigation on Dominik's case?"

"We still not get any clearance until now," replied Markos as he looks around him

"The more they halt the progress, the harder for us to find out the reason..." continues Romain as he sighs

"And with a lot of people around the area of the incident, we can't be sure whether we still could find any clue or not," said Markos

"You are right... We are on the losing side for this case,"

"Ahhh... It's frustrating me a lot," said Markos

"There's nothing we could do about it... One wrong move all of us will perish and..." said Volya

"I know... I know... You don't need to mention that to me," replied Markos as he sighs

All of them then sigh together and start to walk again. They then start to talk about another thing, until Markos says,

"Ah... I just remember one thing..."

"What is it?" asked Romain

"Will Helena tell the other about herself?" asked Markos

"About her status?"

"Of course..."

Volya and Romain look at each other and Volya says,

"Helena mentions that sooner or later she will tell the other about her status,"

"She didn't want to hide it for too long... After all, she already deems all of you trustworthy," continues Romain

"Is that so..."

Markos then looks at the ceiling and remembers what happened when he knows the truth. He then asks,

"What do you think about how they react when she tells the truth?"

"I bet on they will react the same as you," said Volya

"Same with me," said Romain as he nods

Markos only could laugh with them as they started to walk again to the common room where the others were waiting for their shift task that day.