Commotion in the palace

Deep in the night, just a few hours before Michael finally opened his soda business now called 'Rebirth Dew', something was stirring inside the Duchess' castle.

The usually calm night of Metropolis was now replaced by frantic running and shouting from the guards. Even when it was time for the horses to go to sleep, there were still carriages coming in and out of the castle plateau as if something big was occurring in the palace.

The Duchess' Secret Service tried their hardest to keep the noise to a minimum. They deployed all sorts of illusions within the castle walls, intending to obscure anyone from peering through. Meanwhile, the innocent civilians who were awoken from the sounds of soldiers marching in the night were given the excuse that it was simply a military exercise.

But of course, some of the eagle-eyed members of Metropolis were able to see from far away that something big was happening inside the royal walls.