GREATNESS PASS THROUGH SILENCE.
The next day at breakfast time, Princess Ashe received the news that the night before that late last night the judge had returned Gabranth, who carried with him the response message from the Marquis.
Ashe was no longer in the skin could not wait to see Basch, but above all could not wait to read the message from his uncle.
Who knows what he was going to write to her, Princess dalmasca was so anxious that she could hardly keep herself composed, she was very anxious underneath.
So much so that he immediately ordered one of his servants to go and call Judge Gabranth and to have him summoned on the spot. In the meantime, Basch had spent a fairly agitated night, the discussion with Judge Zargabaath had not served much to calm his fears, and even worse was when he saw himself summoned by one of the princess's servants.
Basch had just got up and had not yet put on his uniform, when he heard a knock on the door of his quarters, he opened and one of Lady Ashe's servants invited him to introduce himself to the princess to deliver her uncle's message.
The huma replied to wait for him to get dressed, after which he would go with the servant to Lady Ashe. The servant of the princess did not object and left the time for Basch to dress and settle down to make himself presentable to the eyes of the sovereign.
It took about twenty minutes for the judge to make himself presentable. Basch came out of his room in less demanding clothes, seeing his uniform as a judge, but nevertheless his bosses were reflected in one of his rank and in his hand the message of the Marquis.
The two humas made their way to the room where Lady Ashe was having breakfast, an open terrace, surrounded by a splendid hanging garden, buried in the floor on that terrace. It was the same place where Princess Ashe was introduced to him by her late husband for her marriage.
Ashe used to have breakfast there, she did not like having breakfast in her room, according to her it was too sad something like that, she felt locked in a cage, while that terrace was so airy and spacious that made her feel free forgetting who he was and his role.
As soon as the princess saw him coming, Basch was so relieved, he ran to ask him about his uncle's message.
-Judge Gabranth do you have what I asked? asked the princess in a trembling voice.
- Your Majesty, your uncle responding to your solicitation with this message, please read it. - the judge handed the woman a scroll of parchment sealed with lacquer wax on which the seal of Ondore IV had been placed.
Ashe felt suddenly relieved, but she was even more nervous to find out what her beloved uncle had written to him. The princess took from Basch's hands the roll that he handed her, Ashe slowly sat down at the table where she had just had breakfast, when I gently tried to break the wax seal with the help of a knife.
It took little effort for the wax seal to break, allowing the girl to unroll the parchment and finally read the reply message that her uncle had sent her and that the
he had long awaited.
Even Basch was rather anxious to know the content of that message, but it is enough to see suddenly Lady Ashe's face pale and darken, and then worry immediately.
"Your Majesty! ..." He could not finish speaking that Ashe abruptly interrupted Basch, was tremendously trembling when I handed the judge the parchment of the Marquis Ondore, here Princess Ashe was almost an order to Bach to read that message aloud .
-Read !-
Bach took from the trembling hands of the princess the parchment that held out to her and began to read it and what he read upset him.
"Dear nephew Ashelia,
forgive me if I write to you only now, but I could not come because of commitments regarding your sister Ondine.
I know that what I have just written is something incredible for you, I assure you of the foundation of this important information. Time to tell all of this, not enough these few lines or a letter, but I agree that such news should explain it myself in person.
If I delayed with my coming, it was not because I could not be there at the Restoration ceremony, but because there were some facts related to your sister that prevented me.
As soon as I arrive at Rabanastre, I hope you want to meet me as soon as possible because as I told you I must tell you everything. Do not be surprised or angry when I come near your person but rejoice ... because this moment is blessed by the Gods.
Your uncle, Halim Ondore IV. "
But such a scene had not escaped Al-Cid who entered the terrace where there were both Basch and Ashe, the Rozzar prince noticed from the reactions of the two humas, that something had happened and that perhaps that was not the right time to talk with the princess.
The prince immediately realized that Ondore had not been able to keep the secret, to win the presence of Basch, so he decides to return to his quarters and give no indication of any suspicion and see how things would have evolved.
