September 22
Mikino and Eoin Eoin's quarters within the palace Evening
He had seen Reihana first upon his arrival back to the palace. It was necessary to tell her all which had transpired during his outing. Avalynn’s answer, the results of his interrogations of those captured… And she told him he had one more interrogation to busy himself with. It may have been tempting to leave Lord Viorel to wait a while longer for the sheer sake of granting himself some time to wind down from his travels and all they entailed, but whatever else he may be, the young Lord was Sidhe nobility. He had been kept waiting for two days already, and while Mikino may have the authority to let him sit longer, there was no sense in adding to the unrest already threatening to spill over amidst his peers.
He would need all the allies he could hold onto in the coming days.
Those ARA guards announced him and let him past, a brief nod exchanged with the Master Alchemist in particular. They had met times enough now, after all, and even if it was kept quiet for now, he constituted royal blood for the time being. It remained the be seen if Azyebel’s status would be revoked by a shift in power. As far as the world knew, the Queen had fallen ill and the Lord Regent was taking on the duties required of him in the interim.