I usually don't write personal notes in the memo, but now I'm afraid I have to

Draconian Kitten-you are only two houses away from me and see you see me every day. Next time I make a mistake in my story come over and tell me or send me an SMS if you are in your lazy mood or it's cold outside. Please.

Van was sitting on the roof completely spend by the events that happened today. He needed some solitude to process all the information's that gathered and high above the roofs of the city was a perfect spot for it. No one bothered him there.

Usually.

Van turned towards the sound of someone approaching carefully and saw Mamoru Kanzaki trying his best not to trip and fall knowing that would be fatal. The king frowned turning away, so much about being left alone.

Mamoru finally managed to sit next to Van and for several minutes they were both silent. Then Mamoru sighed and turned towards the young king but before he managed to say anything Van cut him off "Was it Folken or Merle that send you up?"

"I came because I wanted to." Mamoru said back and Van gave him a 'sure-you-did' look "Ok, I came up because I was told to. I am being a messenger and I need to explain to the person that send me today what happened." Mamoru explained and Van raised an eyebrow at the boy.

"And who was it that send you?" he asked casually and then noticed the boy from the Mystic Moon hesitating to answer "Mamoru?"

"It weren't neither Merle nor Folken. Is that good enough answer?" Van shook his head and the boy next to him sighed "She said you would be persistent."

"She? Eries?" Van figured it wouldn't be such a surprise if his sister-in-law acted worried. But it didn't really make sense, Eries was there in the room with us.

"No. It's Hitomi."

Van's eyes grew wide as he heard her name and he turned to Mamoru "A message came from her? Can I see it?"

"No. But you can tell me what happened so I can tell her." Van didn't quite understand what is going on and his face expression showed it "She had a vision and is concerned."

"Oh." Van turned away and looked up in the sky "Well, you see the mess started when Leat admitted he was a Fanel…"

"You can not seriously believe the boy. He would say anything to prevent being punished for his deed." Cowin was first of the advisers to react after Folken told them what information's they got while talking to the neko on private.

"He claims he wasn't the one who burned the village and we believe him." The prince of Fanelia said back. He was starting to regret Cowin was picked in the council. It didn't mattered the man was in the advisor of the late king; the new kind and his brother didn't like the man at all.

Syan, the farmer in the council rolled his eyes and turned to Van "Is there any actual prove of the cat-boy actually being related to you your majesty?" it's not that he didn't believe Leat, but a prove would removed all doubts. And there were many of those in the meeting room.

"Unfortunately no, not that we know about any." Van said back and Cowin nodded.

"Of course not when it is all a one big lie." The oldest advisor stood up and headed towards the doors "I asked around about the boy your majesty."

Cowin opened the large wooden door and king Biel walked in the meeting room.

Van was surprised seeing the older ruler because he really didn't know what he got to do with anything. He did remember though that the first time Leat came to Fanelia for the wedding he came with Lord Borzan from Basram.

"Please sir, tell my king what you have told me." Cowin said after sitting back on his place while the Basramian king sat on the other head of the table, and by doing so proclaimed to be equal to Van.

"The boy had expressed his desire to learn about politics and I have allowed Lord Borzan to take the boy as his apprentice. I thought having a neko in high cercal would be good for Basram. I was wrong."

Folken and Van exchanged a worried look. It was Leat words now against those of a king. And it didn't seem to look good for the boy.

"You see, the boy is wanted in Basram for attempting to commit an obnoxious crime against the crown." King Biel intentionally stalked a moment before answering "He had tried to take an advantage of my daughter."

"I understand your hatred completely" Weronn, the merchant among the advisers sighed before continuing "I would be too if someone tried to do that to my precious Kimbell."

Folken was in temptation to stand up and tell all three men to shut up. That wouldn't be good for Fanelia though so he remained sitting. But he did expressed his boredom by rolling his eyes. Something that haven't escaped Cowin's gaze "I suppose you do not consider the beast-boy's previous crimes when you proclaimed him to be innocent when it comes to the question who burned down the village of the wolf-people?"

"He could not do it all by himself." Van said coldly. The adviser was really starting to get on his nerves. Even more then before, something Van didn't believe was possible.

"He could have had companions my lord. We can't say he didn't do it with certainty." Weronn's words were true, but Van refused to believe Leat did it. There was something the cat-boy told them that neither he or Folken told the council and now it seemed telling them would be a mistake.

They never discovered Leat told them about the plan made by their uncle to take over Fanelia. And they didn't even planed, not now after witnessing how the advisers took the side of a kind of the different kingdom. They weren't loyal to the crown.

"Well, you see the mess started when Leat admitted he was a Fanel…" Mamoru gasped at Van's words and the young king looked at the boy that had an extremely funny face expression right now.

"That cat-boy I saw is your… something?" he barely managed to ask.

"My cousin. Yes." Van said back and smiled when Mamoru just nodded still shocked by the information "But we also learned some new things about Leat." Van sighed "And now I don't know anymore what to do."

Mamoru nodded and stood up to leave, but before he got to the doors made in the roof, which was Van's direct order, the boy turned once more to the king. He wasn't sure if he should reveal him or not what he find out, but thinking a bit about it he figured that she would want it.

"Don't believe that king from Basram." Van turned to Mamoru "He is telling you a lie so you wouldn't look in the right way. They want the lands of Zeibach."

"How do you know about all that?" Van asked but before the boy managed to answer the king laughed "Of course. Hitomi told you."

Mamoru nodded and left Van once more alone on the roof. He had something he needed to do. Hitomi was waiting.

Her green eyes watched as the image of her brother vanished.

The message Mamoru have recorded was concerning. The king of Basram was lying, she knew that as did Van. But there were no prove Basram have made anything against Fanelia so Van was bound to sit and wait.

The princess was another problem. In her vision Hitomi saw Laviel pushing Leat away, but under which circumstances was unknown to her. But what she did know is Laviel wanted Van "Over. My. Dead. Body."