Chapter 19: At the Castle

The two guards standing in front of the castle doors watch in confusing that a middle age grayed hair man was running towards them in the middle of the night, with no horse or company. The kept silent as he runs up to them then stops to hunch over in front of them catching his breath. One of them spoke up while he was between breaths. "Uh...can we help you, monsieur?"

The raise an eyebrow when the man pointed to door and spoke between breaths. "I n-need...inside"

The guards look to each other then back to the man. "We're sorry, Monsieur. But we're afraid the king isn't accepting visitors after dark for a while. Is this visit important?"

The man caught his breath and looks up at the two. "I have information about Elise."

The guards look at each other with wide eyes then back to the man. "Why didn't you say that from the beginning?" The open the door to the entrance Hall. One of the guards looks to the man. "Right this way." The guard walks inside the Entrance Hall with the man following him. Once inside the guard looks to the Man. "I'll retrieve the prince. I hope you don't mind staying here for a bit."

Miles nods. "I'll be patient."

The guard walks away to leave the stranger alone.

Miles gives the entrance Hall a good looks around. "This place is even more beautiful inside then out."

It took 15 minutes when Grant had walked to the Entrance Hall and saw the gray-haired man. "Miles!" The guest looks to the prince as he walks up to him. Grant looks to him. "What brings you here?"

Mile reaches into his brown vest's pockets and hands him the notes. "Elise sent me here with these. We didn't look at them but we think these are a few ways to break the spell." He gives Grant an annoyed look on his face. "You won't believe how she managed to get a hold of these, either."

Grant smirks and chuckles. "If it was Elise that did it, then anything is possible. Now lets head to the Library and take a look at these." Grant leads Miles to the Library.

Once Grant had open the Library door Miles' draw dropped. "This is the castle's library?"

Grant walks to a table. "Well It's the queens' but yes this is the Library." He places the pages out on the table and sits down. He picks up a page and starts to read it. Miles sits in a chair next to him and picks up another page.

Miles reads the page that he has in his hand. "Well this is interesting."

Grant looks up to him. "What does that one say?"

Miles still looks at the page. "It says that if Methis place a spell on himself that it he would have a timed limit to remove it before it would have a negative effect."

Grant blinks. "It doesn't say what it is specifically?"

Miles turns the page over then shakes his head at Grant. "I guess it could be anything bad on his part."

Grant shows him the paper that was in his hands. "This one tells us that to break the spell is to end his life."

Miles and Grant looks to each other with an eye brow raised. They then look to the last page. Grant picks it up and reads it. Miles looks over his shoulder to have a look. "...He must die of old age?!"

Grant looks further down the page. He then sighs and puts the paper down. "Most of the ways is him dyeing."

Miles looks at the pages. "Well it's no wonder he didn't tell us anything. He Probably think that we'd kill him."

Grant sighs. "I don't think that I'll be able to do it. Especially what happened with Gaston."

Miles looks at Grant. "Hold on. Didn't you push Gaston off of the roof of the Castle? Why can't we just do that to Methis."

The prince shakes his head. "It was different with Gaston. He actually succeeded when He killed Adam. I was acting only on brotherly instinct. The only reason that Adam is still alive is thanks to Belle for breaking the spell. No one can't kill anyone for kidnapping. And spells aren't exactly against the law since anyone outside of the castle doesn't believes in such a thing."

Miles bites his lip. "About that... Methis has done a lot more than just kidnapping and spells."

Grant looks to his guest. "Wh-what do you mean?"

Miles looks at the prince straight in the eyes. "Grant, for three weeks straight Methis has been ...whats a good word for it...Pestering Elise for her to marry him."

Grant's eyes wide. "WHAT!?"

Miles folds his arms. "He ask her every night. And every time she refuses him."

Grant sighs in annoyance. "It looks like we both are having trouble with suitors."

Miles looks at him. "I heard your's is just terrible."

The Prince glances to him. "You have no idea until you meet her."

Grant sighs. "I still can't just kill him." He looks to Miles. "And don't you get any ideas either. You can still get in trouble for it."

Miles shrugs. "I won't but I can't say about the others."

Grant stands up and grabs the pages. "Well It's to late for you to head back. I'll talk to my brother to let you stay the night."

Miles smiles. "You're a real good guy, Grant. It's no wonder Elise is so faithful to you."

Grant smiles back with pride. "Yes. I am Lucky to have her."

They both leave the Library. When the doors shut Grant looks to Miles. "Now how exactly did she get these pages anyways?"

Miles closes his eyes and lets out an annoying sigh.

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