"Then tell her the lady has been crying, locked herself in the room, and won't come out. The king will surely be compassionate."
"Okay, okay, I'm going now." Smaii nodded repeatedly and then dashed out of the palace.
It takes half an hour to get from Soros Palace to the royal residence where generations of kings have lived. Smaii ran swiftly and returned in just over an hour.
Seeing her return so quickly with a solemn expression, Cidy immediately guessed that things weren't looking good.
"How did it go?" she approached and asked in a low voice.
Smaii didn't answer right away. She was panting, glanced at Fiona Schmidt in the distance, saw her sitting in a daze, and then said, "It's over, it's over. This time, the king is really angry. I went to the residence to report on Miss Fiona Schmidt, but after Chief Steward Billyan reported it, he said the king wouldn't see anyone, including Miss Fiona Schmidt. He also said, he also said..."
