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~At the hotel room~

     Lani entered the room with the nobleman a little uneasily. What does he want with me? she thought. She soon found out.
     "Now, I take it you are pretty poor considering the fact that you were stealing, am I not right?" the nobleman started. Lani said nothing. "Am I not right?" the nobleman demanded again.
     "Yes, you are," Lani mumbled, ashamed. Without thinking, she let her thought tumble out of her mouth. "What in the world do you want to do with me?"
     "You will find out if you just learn patience. Now, you may know that there are people in Egypt now who are rebelling against Queen Anzu."
     "Of course I know about that," Lani said.
     "I am a noble," he said taking off his cloak, revealing his royal clothes. "I am in search of a messenger who will find the leader of this revolt against the queen. Somehow, the prince has been communicating with this leader although we do not let him have private conversations with anybody. The leader must be somebody close to the queen or this would not be possible."
     "Hold it," Lani interrupted. "So you think I'm the person you should have for a messenger?"
     "Precisely," the nobleman answered, icily. "You seem to have all the characteristics of a spy. You are clever and brave. You are also amazingly good at hiding the fact that you can trick people as I noticed from your conversation with the baker. Of course, there would be a reward with this job that I think you could not possibly refuse."
     "What if I choose not to do it anyway though?"
     "If you choose not to be our spy, then you shall suffer," the nobleman replied coldly. Lani hated his eyes. The nobleman had the iciest stare of anyone she had ever known before. "It will be a dangerous task that you could lose your life over, but if you choose to do it and you find out who the leader of the rebel group is, you shall have more money than you've ever dreamed of in your life."
     "I could die though," Lani said flatly.
     "I could have you killed if you don't do this." The response came equally as flat and very cold. Lani hated him for putting her in a situation like this. I wish I hadn't stolen those cakes today, she thought.
     "So, are you going to do it?"
     Lani stared icily at him and replied, "Yes."
     "Good," he said coldly. "As you may know, the princess of Canaan, Princess Serenity, is going to Alexandria to be married to Prince Duke. You are to pose as one of Princess Serenity's servants and do everything she asks of you. Do you understand?" he asked with malice in his voice.
     "I do," Lani said. "But how am I supposed to meet the princess?"
     "In Alexandria, I will send you someone to lead you to the princess. I will send you Ryou Bakura. Now, don't you ever forget that name, you hear me?"
     "Yes," Lani mumbled. "One more thing though…"
     "What's that?" the nobleman asked, maliciously.
     "How do I get to Alexandria?"
     "Here," the nobleman said, giving Lani some money. "Use it carefully because I will not be giving you more. Get passage to Alexandria on a ship. Oh, and when you find out who the leader of this rebel group is, don't hesitate to tell me."
     "I don't even know who you are though," Lani said simply.
     "That's right. I didn't want to tell you and I'm still not going to. I will send for you and you will tell me who this leader is."
     "What if I don't know who he is?"
     "I will give you three chances to find out who he is and if you don't know by then, you're of no use to me. Also, no one must ever find out about this, or your life will be taken, I assure you."
     A shiver went down Lani's spine and she left the hotel to get passage to Alexandria on a ship.

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