Missing...?

Fanilly couldn't fully understand how such a thing could happen, for a moment. This was the Moonlit Queen's fae realm, isn't it? She'd already shown the capacity to alter and change even visitors, so how could someone possibly commit a theft as long as she was present? Wasn't the entire realm constantly under her control?

Or could things escape her notice?

"I second Dame Tyaethe, your majesty," Fanilly said as she stepped forward, composing herself as quickly as she could, "Maybe if we know what it is, we might be able to help you find it."

It was a bit of a risk, but it was the best path forward that Fanilly could think of. The fae queen had at least adhered to her own set of morals and not dismissed them purely on their own nature as humans. If anything, she'd seemed pleased by their capabilities, and therefore this might be the best path to resolving the situation.

At the very least, the Knight-Captain felt certain that simply leaving without offering to help in any way would be far from ideal.

"My [i]sister[/i]?" the Moonlit Queen's pure black gaze seemed to intensify for a moment when Gertrude knelt down, "You've met her? When? Did she ask you anything? If she---"

She paused for a moment.

"Hmph. She wouldn't do this. She'd want to earned fairly, even if she was involved. That doesn't make it any better, of course! I'm the older sister, she should be listening to me!"

For a moment, it looked as if she considered doing something to Gertrude in retaliation, her hand reaching out--- 

And then she stopped, folding her arms with another huff.

"You want to know? You think you can help recover it for me? Fine, then," came the Moonlit Queen's frustrated voice, "It's a little shard of nothing. A tiny piece of a hole in the world. Children of Man can't touch it, so I was going to wrap it up in case you wanted it."

For a moment, Fanilly almost felt her heart stop.

That was---

It couldn't be touched by humans. A tiny piece of a hole in the world.

"A shard of Angroron?!"

That---

A shard of Angroron disappearing from such a place, right after the disappearance of the shard in possession of the Mage College?!

There was no way this could possibly be a coincidence!