IN THE SILENCE YOU WILL FIND THE WORDS 31

* In the evening at the royal palace shortly after Al-Cid's return *

Al-Cid had finished arranging the last things, as expected by Amaya and by the Rozarian prince himself, Halim had told everything to Princess Ashe. Malta, the assistant of the prince, had reported everything that had happened in her absence to the latter, also reporting that the queen's friends themselves had come across the two princes "by chance".

And that to the questions of the others, Lady Ashe had promptly invented an excuse to justify that presence.

-Is the excuse of the "war victims" not very credible? -said the Rozariano skeptically, listening very carefully to the story of Malta.

-My Lord and yet it is so, I have seen everything! - Confirmed the girl with decision.

-Good God where are we going to end up with that group, I didn't make them so bigoted. -Al-Cid said almost cursing when his assistant reported the committed facts against Amaya. The huma cursed himself for not being there, those people had to be grateful to the gods if they didn't run into his wrath.

If Al-Cid hadn't had to maintain a certain appearance he probably would have challenged them to a duel, and there would have been trouble for everyone.

The prince tried to regain control of his emotions, a little later he would go to pay a second visit to Ondore IV, since the previous time had been useless, this time Al-Cid would have refreshed his memory a little with the good or bad.

In order to act, Al-Cid waited for the Marquis to be free from his commitments, and at once decided to join him in his rooms as the previous time. This time the Rozariano noble was really irritated by the Marquis's behavior, he had broken the pact with Amaya and sooner or later he would have had the consequences.

Taking great care not to be discovered, Al-Cid headed for the Marquis's room, reached his destination, knocked on his door several times, waiting for the Marquis to open the door.

Hearing a knock on his door, the Marquis who in the meantime was thinking that it was his niece Lady Ashe who was looking for him, prepared to open the door, but whoever found himself in front of him was not his nephew, but the Rozarian prince Al-Cid.

Ondore felt very annoyed to receive that unwelcome, not to say inappropriate, presence.

For this he was forced to let the prince into his rooms, even if he did not want in any way to risk attracting unwanted attention.

Al-Cid was furious and rushed into the Marquis's room, almost forcefully, as soon as Halim opened the door for him.

The young prince almost attacked the Marquis grabbing his jacket with both hands.

Halim finds himself a few centimeters from the face of the Rozariano, Al-Cid who usually never broke up, this time he was showing a side of himself that was not a little frightening. No one had ever seen that expression so serious and angry on his beautiful face.

At that moment there was not only the breaking of the pact but also much more, as there was a very logical reason behind Amaya's desire not to let people know about Rasler and Noah's existence.

Ondore seemed to have never understood this, while Al-Cid was fully aware of Amaya's will.

- YOU ARE A CRAZY! - Thundered Al-Cid violently slamming Ondore against the door, at that moment the prince had sent all formalism and good manners to the devil. He didn't care that he was stretching his hands on the governor of Buhjierba, for him that man deserved only a good lesson.

The thunderous voice of Al-Cin rang throughout the room, almost risking to attract the attention of the guards, the prince was furious.

- Try again to say another word about Ondine and everyone will know how little credible your words are ... and I will personally make sure to do so, as far as I can, to make your life hell ... since my advice the other time it was not enough.- said the prince threatening the marquis, who almost blanched suddenly.

This time Ondore found himself really in an unfavorable position, as long as he lived Basch ... there was always the possibility that someone could blackmail him. The Marquis knew well what could kick off if he turned out that Captain Basch was alive and having protection from Ashe and Larsa.

A fierce war could have been unleashed because the parties involved were two reigns, not only very young, but who with their decisions had made a lot of talk about themselves, especially in that last period.

Such an opportunity could have appealed to Rozaria who could have made absurd requests or if she wanted to, she could also have declared war, with the simple accusation that Dalmasca and Archadia were plotting something.

Ondore unwittingly had given way to something greater than himself. For a single instant the Marquis cursed Amaya for not only having allied herself with Rozaria, but also for having sided with them, thus turning her back on Dalmasca.

The discussion between the governor of Buhjierba and the rozariano prince was not only tense but also quite heated, because it was shortly before Al-Cid physically attacked the marquis.

This could have created quite a few diplomatic problems, which neither side wanted.

Having settled things with the Marquis, albeit temporarily, Al-Cid decided to return to his rooms to reflect on the development of recent events.

The prince was considering more options for how to move.

* Contemporary to Al-Cid, Amaya returns home from the cemetery in the company of Sebastian - cap 30 *

Meanwhile, Amaya was returning from her visit to her family's mausoleum, when on the way back she realized she was being followed by one of her guards, Sebastian.

The girl was about to retreat when from a dark corner of an alley behind her, she came forward the figure of Sebastian, she Amaya she was not at all happy to have been followed.

Wondering to himself if Sebastian had followed her into the crypt as well.

But looking closely at her guarding her, she Amaya found no thought and emotion that she referred to the Occuria, but she was somewhat annoyed to know that she was not free to move as she wanted.

"Where have you been?" Sebastian asked her inquiringly as he crossed both arms, staring at her protege in her eyes.

-If you take it, you know you are worse than your brother Noel ...- Amaya replies annoyed, looking her guard in her eyes.

Sebastian was not a patient and understanding type like Noel, on the contrary, if he only wanted him, he knew how to be inflexible.

-Noel is too good ... Now where have you been? If someone recognized you, we could say goodbye to everything! - Sebastian rightly scolded her, thinking back to the whole situation they were in.

Infin of the counts Sebastian was not entirely wrong. Amaya although annoyed by this statement she could not help but agree, but she did not want to stay in one place for a long time.

And then who could have recognized her in Rabanastre at that late hour of the night, there was hardly anyone around her.

-Sebastian ... you should relax, I was taking a ride. Staying here makes me nervous and you know I hate staying in the same place for a long time.- Amaya objected, looking annoyed.

-You also know that we can't afford missteps ...- Sbastian replied nervously.

-I know that ... but for now, waiting for new news, a little distraction wouldn't hurt me with all the tension I feel .- the girl reminded him, as he walked in the direction of her apartment, followed by rotates by Sebastian.

-So avoid head shots! - the Ladisian said to the young woman following her, Amaya rolled her eyes, sighing, Sebastian was just becoming thinking.

Amaya remained silent until they both arrived at the apartment, the girl as soon as she entered saw the figure of Noel swooping in front of her staring at her as angry, evidently he was scared to learn of Amaya's last minute exit.

Before Noel could say a word, Sebastian warned her that she was with him, Noel said nothing he just watched both brother and Amaya each go to their room.

The girl even if she hated to admit it had to be grateful to Sebastian for helping her escape from one of Noel's endless lectures, which sometimes turned out to be too protective, qualities that Amaya appreciated a lot on the one hand, but that she sometimes hated her.

Especially when she decided to go out of her way.

Noel was not very convinced by Sebastian's excuse, although he trusted her twin, seeing Amaya being accompanied by her brother reassured him.

Despite various doubts, Noel let it go, he didn't want to argue in any way.

He was always very busy with Amaya, especially, he wanted the girl to always be okay and that she didn't have any kind of problem.

Once alone in the room Amaya let herself fall on her bed, she was tired, but above all she was very nervous because of the discussion with Gerun, she did not know what to do or where to turn and tell others it was not really the case.

That matter concerned only her and the Occurias. She soon she later she would have to make a choice ... she wouldn't let Gerun get his hands on Rasler and Noah.

Slowly Amaya closed her eyes, she absolutely needed to rest that day she had seemed interminable.

Finally that day could be said to be over, it hadn't been a light day at all.

Amaya had fallen into a deep sleep, she who knows what she would have reserved for her the next day but the princess for the moment did not pose any problems, she just wanted to sleep.

For those few hours she wanted to forget about every problem, all of her seemed so tiring and stuffy, everything about her situation. She wondered several times if she had done well to give birth to the two principles, she selfishly she thought that if her children had not been born she would never have found herself in all that situation.

She was selfish and she knew it well, yet she had her reasons for wanting to give birth to Noah and Rasler.

Amaya repeated to herself, that she only had to recover the children as soon as possible and disappear from circulation, in this way no one could cause her problems anymore, the girl was already imagining that everyone in the palace had most likely discovered her secret.

With what face would she present herself to the world? What face would she look like in front of Basch? She amaya felt that she had lost face not only with her old acquaintances of hers, but above all with herself and with the person she loved most of all.

According to many people, the girl had always had a certain nerve, even when in the past she had had several one-night adventures with some huma, one of them Balthier when the two did not yet know each other well.

Amaya had never told any of her about her past libertine, as to Balthier she had proceeded to buy her silence once he had discovered her true identity during the war with Archades.

It was Basch himself and Ashe who recognized her as Ondine while she, Amaya, was talking privately with Balthier about some of her affairs.

The scene had been surreal to say the least, but when the Archadian pirate realized who Amaya was, a huge grin appeared on her face ... which Amaya promptly made him disappear.

* At the palace the day after Amaya's return *

A new day had finally dawned on Rabanastre, this day brought with it new developments and many other surprises that no one would have expected.

She ashe that morning she was very thoughtful, she had not stopped thinking for a single moment about the episodes of the previous day, what she wanted was to see clearly in all that situation.

The princess wanted to ask Larsa directly for information regarding Basch's brother and her sister, only he could remove that doubt from her. After having breakfast and having dealt with some diplomatic and political affairs concerning the affairs of the kingdom, Lady Ashe had arranged a meeting between her and her baby, the Archadian Emperor.

Needless to say, Ashe was very tense about having to talk to Larsa, she didn't know if she could hold back or if she would make a scene, worried as she was about seeing her worst fears come true.

Larsa was very surprised to learn that Lady Ashe wanted to meet him, the little boy wondered what the young sovereign could ever ask of her.

He figured he would most likely ask her about Ondine, but he didn't really understand the meaning.

For more than a year now Ondine and Larsa had no longer had any kind of relationship, in fact after it was learned that Amaya was actually Princess Ondine, many had advanced the hypothesis that the girl had been a spy. sent by the resistance to steal any imperial secrets.

Spy or not, because of this the relations between Amaya and Larsa and the remaining judges were not very friendly, especially Zargabaath was very resentful of the thing, who could not swallow such behavior.

Larsa, in order to avoid that the affair with Amaya could in any way crack the intentions of peace, promptly decided to silence people who would eventually have to object to such decisions, for this he was forced to compromise with his opponents.

Not only the situation of Amaya had also put in difficulty the agreements with Dalmasca, above all because having come to light the double game of Ondine, Larsa had explained to Ashe the repercussions of Ondine's gesture that had put him in a position not to be able to accept all the demands that Dalmasca had made during the peace negotiations, especially those concerning the kingdom of Nabradia.

Larsa had found himself unable to agree to give Dalmasca control of these territories, which as much as the emperor wanted to give back to Ashe, the agreements made with his opponents made it impossible.

Ashe had certainly not been happy to know that her request for the return of Nabradia's territories had been refused. The young sovereign was nothing short of furious, but she could not show this because she well knew that if her sister Ondine had not been a spy passing important information to the resistance, at that point Ashe could not have any chance of getting back. Dalmasca.

In many respects, despite Ondine's unethical means, Ashelia had to admit to herself that she owed a lot to her sister, yet she was still angry with Ondine for hiding so many things from her.

Ashe was looking forward to when she would come face to face with Ondine to tell her so many things. The lisa was long.

The young queen had received Lord Larsa in what was once her father's office, where since she remembered her father in that huge room he had taken care of the various political offices that the title of king carried with it.

It was just eleven in the morning when Larsa appeared on the threshold of the door with the faithful judge Gabranth behind him. Ashe saw Basch together with Larsa also was not happy at all, she wanted to speak alone with the little emperor.

-Lady Ashe did you call me? -The boy asked perplexed, observing the request of the Dalmatian queen.

-Yes, I would like to talk to you about some things in private ... Gabranth can you leave us alone for a moment? - said the young girl even if unwillingly, arousing the amazement of both Archadians.

Basch was not very happy with the request, this time there was no Ondore in the way she did not make sense that the princess would send him away. The judge was certainly not stupid, he guessed that most likely Ashe wanted to ask about Ondine ... but about what?

The only thing that came to her mind was the identity the princess had assumed during the war, that is, she had become the right hand of her late brother. Ashe could only have talked about this, Basch had also known the repercussions of Ondine's gesture ... so she thought that the matter was not quite resolved as Larsa had told him.

So why would she cut him out? He who with his experience could have given him valuable suggestions?

Basch stood before the door of the queen's office, while all thought tried to find answers to her questions, something caught his attention. The judge saw a small golden ball roll near his feet, a little further on he saw the figure of a three-year-old boy approaching all intent on trying to retrieve his toy.

Basch immediately recognized the child of the previous day, it was impossible to forget him, eyes of such an intense blue that fascinated anyone who saw him, while a mountain of blonde and rebellious hair framed his innocent-looking face.

Instinctively Basch bent down to pick up the toy which he kindly handed to the child, thus drawing his attention to him.

-Are you looking for this? - Basch said looking softly at the child, who at first was very afraid to approach to retrieve his ball.

- Quiet, I just want to give you back your ball.- said the captain handing the toy, the child did not move, continuing to stare at the judge.

-Amamaya doesn't want me to talk to strangers- the boy said tenderly, still looking at the judge who handed him his toy.

-Your mom will be looking for you, you shouldn't worry her, this is not a suitable place to play. Do you want me to take you to her? - Basch added, but the boy stared at him even before saying anything strange.

- Amamaya is not here ... - the child said sadly looking down, Basch was very sorry for that child, then asked him where the mother could be.

-So she'll be somewhere here in the palace ..- the judge added looking around, but the child shook his head saying that his mother was not there.

Basch couldn't understand the boy's strange behavior, he seemed so sure of his statements. Slowly the huma approached the child who fearfully ran to the right side with respect to the judge.

While Basch was deciding to advance, Karaii suddenly appeared and, being very worried about having lost sight of little Rasler, she had started looking for him.

The woman was calling out to the little prince, all agitated at not being able to find him.

But when all of a sudden the woman turned to go into the corridor where Basch was with the baby, the nurse immediately noticed little Rasler near the judge ran to meet him calling him.

-Rasler! the woman cried out in a loud voice, all agitated. She had finally managed to find that "little pest", Rasler might at first seem like a quiet child but in reality he was the exact opposite, in fact he was very lively with the people he knew, with strangers he became the exact opposite.

When the three-year-old boy was called by name, he turned to her nurse a few steps away from him. The woman was relieved that she had managed to find the prince and in the rush of finding she had completely forgotten the presence of the judge.

-Finally I found you and it is never possible that you always have to disobey me? ..- the nurse scolded him, but Karaii was interrupted by the intervention of the judge who intervened.

Basch had certainly not escaped the name of the child and given the peculiarity of the name, the captain decided to ask the woman, who he believed was the child's mother, some questions.

-Please forgive me ... I wanted to ask a few things about your son. asked the judge.

Karaii was shocked to be mistaken for Rasler's mother and not the person who cared for her. The woman made a strange grimace, she absolutely did not know what to say, as she had realized that who was in front of her was one of the notorious imperial judges.

The judge sensed that the woman did not have a good opinion of the imperials so she had tried, albeit covertly, to put a certain distance between them.

The man watched the woman walk away from her with the baby in her arms, while he was left with only the toy that she curiously turned in her fingers as she thought about the baby's face.

Meanwhile in the study Lord Larsa and Lady Ashe were talking about some things about Ondine. Ashelia after weighing it for a long time had decided to tell Larsa about her sister's secret and ask him what kind of relationship and she had had with the real Judge Gabranth.

-Now that you know the truth Lord Larsa I would like to ask you some questions. You understand that my sister's position, as much as mine is very delicate ... if it turned out that Princess Ondine had not only a relationship with the real Gabranth, but that she also had children from him ... the situation would be serious. I want to remind you that the previous Gabranth was the one who killed my father ... Now I would like to know your side of the story.

You are the only one who knew who the real Gabranth was ... - Princess Ashe said as she placed both hands on the precious desk carved in wood with sublime engravings, while she let all her anxiety of her shine through.

-Lady Ashe From what little I know, your sister had a great admiration for Gabranth. They were very close. My father, it was he who assigned Amaya to Gabranth as his deputy. For the rest I know little ... as much as you ... but if you want to know more, I can ask Judge Zargabaath, he will certainly know something that we ignore. - Said the little emperor observing the reaction of the princess.

-I recommend no one should know what I have told you, until there is light. Especially with regard to Basch ... I don't know how she could take it.-the queen advised herself, making her wishes clear.

-I understand well why you did not insist until Basch was present. You want to make it clear before you personally tell him what you know. But precisely because this concerns him personally, I think he has the right to know these things, besides he knew his brother very well and could help us.

However, you can rest assured your secret is in good hands. "The Larsa pointed out before turning his back and leaving.

Like Ashelia, Larsa was also very surprised, but determined as he was to shed some light on that matter, he promised Queen Ashelia to ask Judge Zargabaath for information regarding Ondine and Noah.

The meeting with Lady Ashe lasted more than an hour and ended around one o'clock. Later in the afternoon. Larsa allegedly inquired about Amaya in Zargabaath.