Miku had to try very hard to keep her emotions from showing on her face.<span style="font-style: italic">Damn it Ije-chan! Why can't you just think of me as a freaking boy?!</span>"No," Miku said politely, "I wasn't doing anything important anyway." The Hisuka girl welcomed the princess inside her room and closed the door.<br/><br/>"I'm afraid I'm not the best at small talk; I'm not my brothers."<br/><br/>-----------------<br/><br/>Ijemaru gave a nod after reading the slate to show that he understood. "I'll let you know," he said. "It will probably be sometime before morning so the princess can sleep in her own bed."<br/><br/>The middle Hisuka boy waited a moment after Eurich left before going to the other room to fetch his father. He left Miku's room alone as he could tell she was currently with the princess. Ijemaru briefly poked his head into Claudius' room to ask if he wanted to go to the meeting, and barely avoided the hilt of a blade to his head.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Disrespectful brat...</span>Ijemaru thought, closing the door behind him.<br/><br/>------------------<br/><br/>Amadeus was nervous walking to the summoning with his middle son. Claudius had put him in a foul mood, and while the boy was good at hiding it, he probably really wanted to inflict pain on something right about now. The eldest Hisuka repeated to himself that he was useful to the boy and used that as consolation.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>The two arrived in the hall to see another blood orgy waiting for them. Ijemaru saw Bartholomew give a slight signal around a corner and sent Amadeus off to socialize. The boy wandered off and met with the human servant in a secluded hallway.<br/><br/>No words were exchanged. As soon as the young master was close enough the servant handed him a slip of paper and disappeared again.<br/><br/>Ijemaru read over the house names on the paper and quickly memorized the contents before shoving the paper in his pocket. There were four separate discernible houses that had tried for Lilliana's head the previous day. The heads of these clans were as followed: Kronos Jenkins, Emiliae Segan, Howard Zangalus, and Marcus JinPo. They would have to be dealt with.<br/><br/>Ijemaru rounded the corner again and leaned against a wall. He gave a slight smile and a wave to Eurich, but didn't see it polite to interrupt his conversation.