This was indeed extremely important.
Elliot rushed into the reception room and looked around. He found neither Sidney nor Michel, but he did see Sidney's adjutant, Holly.
The adjutant was dressed like a dashing knight and remained as unsmiling as ever.
"Holly! Urgent military intelligence! Sidney needs to hear this immediately!"
Elliot told her about the appearance of the Dream Creatures.
Holly nodded in acknowledgment, but instead of moving, she closed her eyes where she stood.
The next moment, all the gas lamps lighting the room flickered.
"His Highness has been notified."
Only then did Elliot breathe a sigh of relief.
He nodded and was about to leave when he suddenly felt his spirituality stir, as though alerting him to something.
He looked Holly up and down and asked, "You're on the [Justice] Path too?"
"Yes. His Highness Sidney took me in when I was young. Later, I was granted noble status for my skill with the sword."
Elliot had little impression of Holly and had barely interacted with her.
She had always been the taciturn adjutant at Sidney's side. Apart from the time she had asked him those three questions on Sidney's behalf, he had almost no other impression of her.
Why had his spirituality alerted him? What about her warranted his attention?
Elliot thought for a moment, then suddenly had a thought. "What was your full name again?"
"Holly von Strauss," Holly replied, neither servile nor overbearing, though her brows furrowed slightly.
Von was a middle name indicating noble status granted by the royal family, much like the "De" in the name of Elliot's guard, Evan De Sterling.
But Strauss?
"You have a surname? I remember you were born a commoner?"
"Yes. My parents died early, and this name was all I inherited. I know nothing of its