(This story takes place in Chapter 1299, after Shade solved the murder case at Angelina's birthday banquet and left Eternal Night City to return to Yodel Palace.)
Night, ten o'clock. Tobesk City, Yodel Palace.
The lively birthday banquet still had an hour left, but that did nothing to dampen the guests' spirits. Though a brutal murder had taken place here, Detective Hamilton had solved it swiftly. Thus, the murder that had happened so close at hand merely gave the guests something to discuss between festivities.
The ball was underway, but Princess Angelina, the hostess of the banquet, was not in the banquet hall at the moment.
The little princess hurried back to the corridor where the resting room was located with her personal maid. As she walked, she looked towards the maids guarding the last door:
"I need to see my elder sister. It concerns Father."
She spoke to the tall, brown-haired maid at the head of the group. The latter hesitated for a moment before nodding lightly:
"Please wait."
Maid pursed her lips as she looked at the door. She took a deep breath before finally summoning the courage to knock. After quite a while, the door opened from within, but there was no one behind it. Only Leisha's restrainedly wrathful voice came from inside:
"If you cannot give me a suitable reason for knocking, don't blame me for sending all of you to Weilun Dai'er as spies!"
That furious voice made everyone who knew her shudder.
"Or has some damned person been murdered again?"
"Her Royal Highness the Princess Angelina wishes to see you!"
The maid immediately said. Then Leisha's maids practically shoved the already hesitant Angelina inside and shut the door before she could panic and retreat.
Angelina had chosen this resting room herself, so she naturally