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[color=6881CC]Time:[/color] 9am
[color=6881CC]Location:[/color] Entrance Hall
[color=6881CC]Interaction[/color] [@Helo] Leo 
[color=6881CC]Mentions:[/color] [@Tae] Thea [@Rodiak] Zarai [@Lava Alckon] Farim [@13org] Mayet [@Inertia] Auguste

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The Duchess had stood at her son's side, glancing at him whenever the queen was not speaking; however, he would not raise his head, so she could not quite catch his gaze. While Valerie was off trying to locate Thea, she followed Leo to the hall. She had expected Thea to be caught up in a mess like this... But Leo? The son she raised to put their family and reputation before all? She furrowed her brows as the scene played before her. Queen Alibeth was by no means a kill-happy woman. She would kill if it came to it without remorse, but never needlessly. For her to offer up the young stable boy to slaughter, what had occurred last night had to have been far worse than she could ever imagine.

Still, she had her theory here. She had been in the noble circle since birth, and the Caesonia Queen was only this cutthroat when her precious children were involved. Luckily for her, she supposed the Sultan would not be able to catch on to that. This boy was being thrown under the wagon to cover up her children's mistakes. But which one? As if on cue, Prince Callum moved forward and started taking the blame for everything, but the expressions of others, including that of her own son, told her this wasn't the truth. Prince Wulfric certainly would not be the culprit. The polite Prince Auguste was ever absent, which could be suspicious indeed. However, the sight of Princess Anastasia rubbing her arm nervously, her eyes that of a frightened deer, told the whole story. The girl lacked a poker face and would most certainly become the forefront of the conversation soon enough. Meanwhile, the daughter of the Sultan was clearly livid, and the Sultan himself did not look all too happy either. If they weren't careful here, the war would not be out of the question between the Alidasht and Caesonian Kingdoms. 

Alice exhaled softly with short-lived sympathy. Her main focus was Leo here, who she had not even been able to speak to yet about this matter. Her breath nearly caught in her breath when he spoke up. Her head snapped in his direction, and she looked at him questioningly, still trying to catch his gaze. [color=6881CC]"Leo."[/color] She leaned in and whispered in his ear, [color=6881CC]"Stay out of this matter. It's worse than you think."[/color]

Another gentleman from the Alidasht spoke up and introduced himself as Farim, then attempted to calm down Shehzadi Mayet and the sultan as well. Alice was also interested in hearing from the stable boy, but she knew he would possibly not speak if it meant implicating the princess or princes. Lady Zarai then moved forward, calling for them to reconsider and spare the stable boy. She shook her head at her as she spoke. She could respect that Zarai had a kind heart as always, but she was not reading this situation well enough. With tensions this high, the Varian Kingdom had no business intervening.