The royal carriage vanished beyond the upper quarry road before Hajin tested the packet's unexpected thickness.
Both guards had remained visible beside it until the King's gold seal disappeared behind the retaining bank.
Marrick carried the signed transport amendment toward the mine ledger while Hajin held the official hearing cover.
A narrow ridge pressed beneath its rear fold where no listed attachment should have rested.
"The courier recorded three official pages," Marrick said while opening a second custody line. "Anything hidden beneath them traveled outside his original signed delivery receipt."
Ferra moved the refusal-socket cradle deeper inside the evidence wagon, keeping every ceramic partition locked.
Juna watched the upper road while Hans closed the quarry boundary behind the departing escort.
Hajin separated the hearing pages without disturbing their joined royal seal.
A second sheet slid from the stiff backing, folded twice around a pale-blue wax flower.
