(During Issue 7, Phobos questions Cedric)
"So let me guess this straight, you were sightseeing throughout and around Meridian, and you then noticed the Phobos' Pill—Er-immoral guards pillaging and burning a dwelling and also you were one of the witnesses who saw that lame landing of ours, right Elyon—your highness?" Ray interrogates.
"Y-Yes." Intimidated, Elyon replies shyly. After the awkward revelation, Elyon peacefully straightened and clarified things up to them.
"Lame landing?" Eric annoyingly asks Ray. "Of all the things you could have said such as 'rescue mission' or 'saving an infant from the engulfing flames'?"
"I just want know if it was her magic that time when we knock ourselves during our fall." Ray explains to Eric. "I felt that your body somehow levitated before I braced my arms for impact. I also felt for a slight second that my arms hardened for a bit. I think she was the reason you didn't die and I didn't break my arms off."
"You never told me about that a while ago." Eric irritates.
"Never told it because I thought it was just a hunch and besides it were just only mere milliseconds before the impact. Shouldn't you be thanking me that I sensed something worth note-taking?" Ray replies.
Eric turns to her. "So it was your doing? You saved me for my fated death?"
"I-It was actually me." Elyon nods shyly and intimated. "It's an act of gratitude in behalf of my people of the child you saved."
"And we thank you as well your highness—" Ray says as he bows to her but Eric stops him.
"I also want to be grateful on how you save my back out there." Eric replies sternly to her. "But I don't think it would matter if you realize on the doings of your brother and the poor lively conditions of your people."
"And that is what I am here for." Elyon replies with guilt. "After you given me that horrible visions, I come to see Meridian myself."
Eric, in surprise asks, "Excuse me, but how did you know me?"
"Aren't you the one at the bookshop who given me that vision of yours? We even battled and you healed my hands afterwards? You seemed familiar when your hood was exposed after you gave the woman her baby."
"Yes—but I—" Eric tries to explain. 'Wait! She knew me from the bookshop? And was my opened hood earlier exposed my face too much?'
"Wait hold on!" Ray cuts him. "So you and her met back on Earth? How did not I know of this?"
"Probably that was the time you were searching for Zagan." Eric replies. "I'll tell you the small details later but in summary, I just gave her a vision of what Meridian in from my perspective. We fought because she thought I hallucinated her. I then somehow won, but healed her hands from the battle, told her to see Meridian herself and left to find Vathek's invasion army. Is there anything I miss?" he asks to Elyon.
"None, apparently." Elyon simply replies.
"Eric, you stoop so low, fighting against a small girl." Ray teasingly replies.
"Well excuse me," Eric annoyingly replies. "You even lost to her before, and two of you in fact."
"Oh well, I bet she recognized you because of your large and broad sword." Ray says.
"But It wasn't the sword that I recognized him with" Elyon replies. "It was actually his face when his hood was uncovered a while ago."
"I never knew you face is unforgettable, so you fought her without to hide your identity?" Ray asks to Eric. "Isn't that prohibited in our code?"
"I didn't use a hoodie because it was to cover up my sword, but if I remember correctly, I was wearing only a mask." Eric explains. "So how did you knew recognize me?"
"I actually identified your—umm…your eyes and the look of your hair." Elyon explains. "And earlier when I somehow guessed that you really were the one at the bookshop, I followed you."
Ray then smirks at Eric and elbows him. "Eric, never would I thought that because of your exceptional good eyes, hair and looks, you may actually start another harem here on Meridian."
"She just recognized me because of what I look." Eric annoyingly replies as he removes his hood. "And 'another harem'? Who said that I had a harem to begin with?"
"H-Harem?" Elyon crosses her brows.
"No!" Eric and Ray both negate in unison. "It's umm-You—You don't need to know about it Elyon." Eric clears his throat as he says bashfully.
Eric continues. "So why are you following me-us then, Elyon?" he asks Elyon. Then in realization to his mistake, he quickly points his finger at Ray. "I know what you're going to say so better shut it."
"I just—just wanted to know where and what this so-called rebellion is." Elyon says.
"And why is that?" Eric sternly asks "I can't tell if it's a change of heart or being a spy for Phobos but you do understand that exposing our allies to you is our responsibility."
"To be honest, I am neither." Elyon replies with guilt. "I don't want to betray my brother nor would I want to join his cause. But please do hear me out. I just wanted to find the other side of the story. How could I judge truth if I couldn't see everything? I just wanted to make things clearer for me when I become queen. I wanted to open my eyes more to my world because I don't know what to do right now. I don't even know who I am to begin with." She monologues with sincerity.
Eric, in a bad position to make a quick decisive choice that would turn the odds with or against them, would likely choose the safer choice which is for her not to discover the rebellion at all. But then his mind echoes when he had a conversation with Grantaire. "If only the Light of Meridian was on our side…" Grantaire echoes in the mind as Eric recalls.
Eric sighs heavily and looks at Ray as he waits for his decision. "Fine, Elyon, we'll help you, but if we find out that you spilled the beans to your brother about the whereabouts of our hideout, you do know what to expect." Eric dares and intimidates her.
"Y-yes, I p-promise." Elyon stammers in distress.
"Well then we better get going." Eric says as he moves out from the dead end and puts on his hood. "But first we must find at least something to cover up my uniform. Will you be so kind to ask her highness, Elyon to please help me?"
"U-uumm…S-sure!" Elyon says after she puts on her hood and finds farther away from him.
"You scared the hell out of her Eric." Ray teases. "She may not like you anymore. No Elyon, no harem."
"Oh please give me a break and help me find something that I could disguise with." Eric says as he finds among the thrown out garbage around.
"But all jokes aside, are you sure about this?" Ray asks quietly as he too searches "This is too risky and if the rebellion falls because of this…"
"When you were in isolation, the lieutenant's men confirmed that Elyon is truly the Light of the Meridian." Eric explains. "I think and I hope this is the best time when Elyon could make the right choice for herself and not be a puppet and a follower of her brother."
"So you think Elyon can turn the tables against his brother?" Ray asks. "Is this just a theory or a conclusion of yours?"
"A theory" Eric replies. "But hopeful at that." He grins at Ray.
