"Lord Robin Marie, the Clan Chief is calling you."
A maid spoke to me. I followed that maid down the corridor.
"This way."
The room I was shown into had the Clan Chief, Her Majesty, Sonia, Agnes and other familiar faces lined up. And everyone had changed out of banquet clothes and dresses into things you could call plain clothes. It is the form of going in secret I suppose, only Her Majesty whatever she wears her aura leaks dada and I do not think her presence can be hidden. Already preparations for departure are complete.
"Lord Marie, I was waiting, you came well. Then now that we are assembled shall we go to the shop?"
The clan chief rises. He looks a little tired. Tired from two days of banquets in a row, or did something happen at that shop?
"I will go together."
Her Majesty and the women stand all at once. I thought as expected while saying nothing and I go at the rear.
I am pushed into the same carriage as the clan chief.
"I heard."
"What?"
