The young king trembled a moment, his eye corner twitching.<strong>"They... they dared plan an attack on my ROYAL CASTLE!?"</strong>He slammed a hand on the map, gritting his teeth together.<strong>"This is why I need to have a firm stranglehold for now! You see what these... cowardly, sniveling bastards would do to me, the rightful heir! I listen to you and respect your loyalty but does this not make you question the people when you see this audacity?!"</strong><br/><br/>The king turned around, gripping his fist behind his back with his other hand, seeming to think a moment before facing Gabriel again.<strong>"You have done well. We have prevented at least one plot, perhaps more. We will interrogate the people and learn who else is involved in this unsightly rebellion."</strong>He picked up the letters, reading them through briefly, pausing to frown afterwards.<br/><br/><strong>"A bastard heir? This is troubling. I am the only rightful heir of my father. I demand you investigate this when you come across any leads."</strong>The prince looked at Gabriel very seriously.<strong>"I want this pretending <em>heir</em> captured alive. If there's any truth to his claims, I want to know them face to face, but before we know for absolute certainty, you cannot breathe a word of this to anyone."</strong><br/><br/>The advisor nearby looked a bit amused at this though, bowing his head and heading at the back door behind a curtain to return to the second stair. Discretion in the placement of the stairs, although any frequent visitors to the castle would know of them, although they rarely got used when the king had visitors.<br/><br/><strong>"For now, rest and be merry, for tomorrow we must hunt."</strong>The prince pulled out a pouch of coins from his side, holding them at Gabriel.<strong>"Get yourself something good to eat, and recover your strength. We may need it."</strong>Without another word the prince tossed them at Gabriel, before turning to walk away, heading to the stairs away from the throne room. Within the pouch itself, there lay a gathering of 100 coins, of<em>pure platinum.</em>They were pricey, a thousand gold altogether.<br/><br/>"Afraid." Lady Luna spoke as she stared where the prince had gone. "He did not like the news." She shook her head and turned to leave the throne room, heading back out towards the courtyard.