of part 3 for chapter 7

followed from the 2nd part from last week:

“What’s so surprising? As the Head of the Magi, by right you should feel it as well. How in the heavens you can’t feel it?”
“Because she’s a noob in magic of warlock and shadow!” replied Master Shang, who appeared with Queen Khoo and Lady Chie Kuan all of a sudden without any warning. “All of us felt it as well, the lengthened shadow afflicted my concentration. In fact, it’s also of the arcane, thus by right she must perceive it as well!”
“Why must you be that extreme in matters?” asked Lady Angeline, and the reply shocked her, “In the Kingdom of Ossir there are five factions, which are the Druids, the Magi, the Rangers, the Knights and the Imperial Guards. One may think that the five factions are interrelated among each other. However, in reality, we’re always strife here and there, we sought to tarnish their honor and gain greater power…”
“But now… now, you people of different factions are here, for one single purpose. And this single purpose may have bind all of you in matters of friendship. Master Shang, the honored Archknight, do you treat her as a friend of yours?”
Shocked as others did at the sudden question, Master Shang nonetheless made his reply immediately, “I surely do so, with no regrets, though no more than the Five. However, whether is it the inverse, I’ve no idea. Deceit and lies may cloud the truth.”
“How can you say something like that?” asked Lady Po Ee, and yet Master Ran now stood at the side of his friend, asking her to refer to her close affiliations with Lord Jason, Lord Cheng, Lord Jordan and more. The reason behind this was that he meditated the night before, and had a vision of the meetings between the three lords and Lady Yen, and he discerned the word as “conspiring”. Coupled up with the words given by Queen Khoo, the two masters were in a boiling point of anger now.
“My Lady,” said Master Ran, “the High King is actually wrathful with this apparent thingy happening within the Orders. He has little tolerance with people who should abstain from any flirting relations and yet involved in it. The best part, he’s also worried, that they wanted to conspire against him.”
“How can this be possible at the first place?” asked Lady Angeline, and she continued, “All of us trusted them, they will not betray your Grand Master as suspected. By the way, where is Lady Yen?”
All of them looked around, yet there was no sign of her. Queen Khoo immediately admonished Master Shang with his sudden fury. “Now is not the time to accuse her, wait we have to. By the way, I will think of something.”
Then Lady Chie Kuan continued, “Probably we’ll speak alone tonight, and meet me at the Elostirion Pool near the Outer Sanctum at the first light of the moon.” Master Shang agreed, and together with Queen Khoo she left.

next week: chapter 8 part 1.. on 24th january 2008...