Eliezer could not help but feel slightly uneasy after knowing that there had been someone watching him from the shadows this entire time, though, he was grateful for Raven's concern. He was worried about how he was going to keep this knowledge from his brother, and for how long he could continue to pretend that all was well. He usually told Mathazar everything, and his brother could read him almost as well as Raven could. Surely it would not be long before Mathazar detected that something was wrong? He would have to be extra cautious, and having trusted his brother his entire life, it would be difficult to keep telling himself that Mathazar was not the person he had thought he was.

At Raven's mention of her having to take her leave, he nodded. "Of course, my lady. Do attend to your duties. Until we meet again."

After she had gone, Eliezer made his way back to the pavilion with Hildebrand, where the prince instructed the other guards to prepare to depart from the lake area. As they left for the palace on horseback, Eliezer's mind was still plagued by the confirmation of the newfound information, and what it meant for him and Raven. The prince and his trusted knight conversed while they rode, with the latter speaking first.

"Shall you still continue to see her as your lady, Your Highness?"

"She is a Lunarian assassin, and she was going to assassinate me. It would be so wrong to, yet..." he trailed off, knowing full well what his heart desired.

"Yet you still love her," Hildebrand added, completing the prince's sentence.

"It is still difficult to say if that truly is the case," came the reply.

"Forgive me, Your Highness. That was not a question, but an observation," Hildebrand stated awkwardly.

"I see..." Eliezer muttered, visibly spiraling into deep thought once again.

Before the prince could ponder too much, the knight decided that it was a good time to change the topic. "It is strange that she would have such a strong reaction to Miss Read. As far as I can tell, she has always been a lovely, charming lady. I wonder how the Moon Raven knew that she is nobility."

Eliezer nodded. "She is well liked among the palace staff. She once mentioned to me that she is from an upper middle class district, but if it is true that she is, in fact, nobility, then it might very well be a cause for worry."

As they reached the gates to the palace, a messenger arrived at the same time, and upon seeing the crown prince, handed him a letter from one of Dainia's wardens to the royal family. Eliezer thanked the messenger before entering the palace with his guard, breaking the seal as he walked in. His agitation was apparent as he glanced over the writing, much to Hildebrand's concern.

"If I may inquire, Your Highness, what is the issue?"

"It would seem that there is unease over the escape of the group of Lunarian assassins arrested from the village," Eliezer explained. He then paused and took a deep breath before he continued. "And my suspected involvement with such individuals."

Hildebrand was stunned. "How did this information already reach the wardens of our state? And do we still not know how those assassins escaped? Your Highness, clearing your name is of the utmost importance. You cannot lose your right to the throne."

Eliezer let out a sigh. "How true is it that I have made the right decisions?"

The knight stepped closer to the prince and lowered his voice. "Still better you than your brother, Your Highness. I shall do my very best to discover who the Red Robin is and pry a confession out of her."