Grant and Nadeline exchanged looks as Emiri spoke. Neither could offer any kind of insight, however, as they had no idea who or what Emiri was talking about. Grant was more on the surprised side, seeing as the last thing he would have expected was for Emiri to actually go to the castle. The whole point was to avoid Reia, why would she just go to her like that? What if she had been caught? Then what? Feeling somewhat irritated, he decided to voice his thoughts. "[b]That was a very foolish thing to do, Emiri.[/b]" He stated rather flatly. "[b]What in the world possessed you to take such a risk?[/b]" He asked. Nadeline felt inclined to agree, had she known she certainly would have tried to stop her. She didn't exactly understand why she did it, but at the very least, she would hear her out.

Emiri looked at both Grant and Wesley. She let out a small sigh, uncrossing her arms and placing them on her knees. She decided to start from the beginning. "[b]Since yesterday, it's bothered me that we haven't the slightest clue who the Empress had hired. I thought...I thought I could go to her and see what we were dealing with. When I got there, she was in a meeting with them. Her name is Lola, and it seemed like the others obeyed her--there were about half a dozen or so. As I mentioned, she was...quite odd. But she knew exactly who I was, what I could do, she brought up the attack from yesterday...she even knew about my relationship with Jaakuna, how he would react if I was hurt...She said she had eyes and ears everywhere, she even knew that everyone was in the Item and Weapon Shops. She knows so much and we hadn't even met yet. I tried to ask Reia to call her off, but...she seemed set on it. She was more than confident that Lola and her group could take us out.[/b]"

"[b]Despite all this, it was still a foolish act on your part.[/b]" Grant reiterated. "[b]What if you had been caught?[/b]"

"[b]She had her chance to take me out.[/b]" Emiri admitted somewhat sheepishly. "[b]We were face to face...she put her hand on the exact spot where I got stabbed, even...[/b]" She trailed off lightly, placing her finger on her lip where Lola had previously placed her thumb.

"[b]Then that means she is either truly confident that she can kill you or greatly underestimates you.[/b]" Nadeline finally spoke, breaking out of her thoughts. "[b]And I believe it is the former, not the latter.[/b]" She looked at Emiri with a rather curious look. The brunette seemed to be in a sort of daze, as if she was remembering something. She asked her somewhat hesitantly. "[b]You're touching your lips...Did she...kiss you?[/b]"

"[b]What? Oh, heavens no...no...but she probably wanted to.[/b]" Emiri stuttered slightly, taking her hand away from her mouth. "[b]The woman was mad...[/b]"