Drawing a deep breath, Seika knocked onto the door again, eyes flashing from one side to the other frantically. "It's me! Seika! Please, lady Yvonne, let me in while I'm alive! General Matsui wants to see you-" he shouted, loud enough for his panicked cry to pierce into the air of the room behind, but he was cut short by Akira's hand on his shoulder, pulling him aside and tossing him onto the ground.<br/>"You damn half-blooded prick. What's taking you so long? When I say I want to see her, make it f***ing happen!" Akira growled at him, raising her foot to kick him as he scrambled to her feet.<br/>"You cannot do that, General Matsui." Seika smiled nervously. There was something unnatural in his smile - one would say it was almost insane. "You cannot do that. Her Highness decides herself about what she does! She might deny you a visit."<br/><br/>While he kept smiling, clenching his fists so tight that his knuckles turned (an even paler) white, Seika truly hoped Yvonne would open the door before Akira tears his head off with his bare hands. He was quickly beginning to understand that opposing her was no good...<br/><br/>-----<br/><br/>"I've never seen something like you before," Misao admitted, "but truth be told, I'm not a city guy. I only arrived today from a village quite far off in the mountains. We don't get regular elves 'round there much, either... I think I've only seen some five so far pass through. Anyway, I feel quite pleased to meet you. Now I remember talk about elves that live in rivers and such... But I've never even hoped to meet one myself."<br/><br/>He was enthralled. The Capital was such an interesting place! Misao has never even hoped to see such interesting, and wonderful things like here.<br/><br/>He was prepared to speak once more, till a guard - it was rather obviously a guard, as he wore the dark blue haori over a grey kimono just like most guards, and bore the emblem of the King's army, a lily in a semicircle of stars, moved forwards, furrowing his brow in a suspicious frown. "You!" his high-pitched elven voice sounded grim as he pointed the spear in his hand at the group. "Standing there like that, I<span style="font-style: italic">hope</span>you're not doing something of questionable sorts." he growled at them.<br/><br/>Unbeknownst to Misao, things weren't as pretty as he thought.<br/><br/>-----<br/><br/>Haru has been waiting. She has been waiting for a long time to find one fitting enough for the task she needed to fulfill, but as a General could not do so herself. And finally, she has found her - Odette, a young half-blood. She should have received her invitation by now, and should soon arrive into her mansion, set high on the slopes of the mountain, towering on the north of the Capital.