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Chapter 10. Where is king Jellal

At the same time in the Royal City…

The master of ceremonial was sleeping but sudden loud noise woke him up. It seemed to him that many people were running, talking and even yelling in the corridor.

"What is going on? What is this uproar for?" he wondered.

At the same moment someone knocked on the door.

"Please let me in, sir! There is something I must tell you!" Sugarboy's voice pronounced.

"What does he want?" the master of ceremonial thought. He went to the door and opened it.

"I must speak with king Jellal right now!" Sugarboy declared without any introduction. His expression was extremely worried.

"What? Right now? That's impossible! Do you know what time it is? Besides, his majesty ordered no one to disturb him tonight. As you know, his coronation will take place tomorrow morning and he needs to get some sleep before the ceremony. What is so urgent? Whatever it is, can't it wait until the morning comes?"

"It really can't wait! It is something of a great importance for the entire Edolas world! I have just found that the former king is disappeared! There is no trace of him! Who knows where he is now! And who knows what he can do!"

"What did you say?" The master of ceremonial didn't believe his ears. "Are you sure? But… But how is this possible? He was so well-guarded…"

"I don't know but that's the facts. And that's not all. When I found Faust's absence, I decided to let captain Knightwalker know about that but I couldn't find her anywhere! Her Legion also isn't here! Maybe she has something to do with Faust's disappearing!" Sugarboy added. "As you understand, the situation is very serious. I must inform his majesty immediately!"

Three minutes later they knocked on the door of Jellal's room.

"Your majesty, are you sleeping?" Sugarboy asked in a loud voice. "It's me, captain Sugarboy. Please forgive me for troubling you at this time but I must speak with you right now! Please open the door!"

There was no answer.

"Did you hear me, my lord? Please let me in!" the blonde captain asked again but nobody answered him.

Then Sugarboy dared press the door handle. To his surprise, the door was not locked. Both men entered the room and stopped on the door-sill.

There was nobody inside. The two men gave a puzzle look to one another.

"Where is he? Where is king Jellal?" Sugarboy whispered.

"I don't know!" The master of ceremonial was not less surprised than him. "That's very strange. I really don't understand. He must be here! His majesty told me that he needed to get some sleep… He forbad anyone to disturb him!" He remained silent for a minute and then continued speaking: "Sugarboy, I will tell you what to do now. You and the royal guard must search the entire palace for king Jellal! Hurry up! Don't lose even a minute! When you finish your searching, come and inform me for the result immediately! Did you understand?"

The blonde captain nodded obediently. "As you order, sir," he answered.

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Nearly twenty minutes later…

"There is no trace of king Jellal!" Sugarboy said. "What will we do now?"

"Are you sure about it?" the master of ceremonial asked after a few seconds silence. "Did you search anywhere?"

"We searched the entire palace. I can swear with a clear conscience that we left no stone unturned! The king certainly isn't here!"

The master of ceremonial bowed his head, thinking over the situation. He was wondering what the reason for that unexplainable disappearing was.

"The king isn't free to own his life. Jellal knows very well that he isn't allowed to do anything without the permission of the royal council," he thought. "To leave secretly the palace in the middle of the night… And right now, in the night before his coronation! That's a serious breaking of the court rules! He definitely knows that it may cost him his throne! Oh, I knew that his behaviour was strange. He put an end of the ball party despite my protests first… And now he is disappeared… Where could he have gone? And more importantly, what had been his reason to do such a thing?"

Sugarboy's voice turned him back to reality.

"What will we do now, sir?" the blonde captain asked. He looked totally confused.

"Well, we don't have many options. I will go to wake the members of the royal council up. It is my duty to inform them that the king is not where he is supposed to be. When we find Jellal, he will have to explain where he has been. If he can't give a good explanation for his behaviour, the council will dethrone him."

"W-W-What?" Sugarboy stammered out. He couldn't believe that his interlocutor was speaking seriously. "Y-You mean… He won't even be crowned? Did I understand right, sir? Does the royal council really have the right to dethrone the king?"

"What is this question of yours? Of course the council has that right. That's why it exists! That's the law!" the master of ceremonial said curtly. "Jellal's behaviour is unacceptable for a king. It will be better for him to have a good excuse for his actions!"

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