Let's go our separate ways

Part 21

After feeding Queen Viola the warm water and the medicated drink, King Ray is ready to let his beloved continue to rest after this ordeal. However, the couch in the living room of the Queen's office is not so comfortable to sleep on. So, King Ray will carry Queen Viola to their room.

"Make a trip to the bathroom too," Flos reminds the King as she gathers the scattered cups and puts them on the tray to let the servants wash them. Picking up her item box, Flos then goes to open the door for the King who is carrying the Queen.

"Do you need to go to the bathroom, Viola?" King Ray takes Flos's advice into consideration and asks his beloved for her opinion

Her Majesty the Queen is still in a state of confusion. She doesn't think she is in danger, as she doesn't know how the poison hurts her body, yet she is also feeling extremely weak for unknown reasons after waking up. When asked about a bathroom break, Queen Viola thinks she needs it so she nods.

As the person opening the door for the Royals, Flos receives the concerns from the people waiting outside regarding Her Majesty the Queen's well-being. To them, Flos just says, "It's okay. Her Majesty will recover," then pushes them away to give way to the King.

"Her Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

"Shut up!" for all the concerns these people show to his beloved, the King gives them a horrendous glare

Rhythm gives Flos a thumbs up, "Good job!"

Flos receives the praise well, even though May-Day did all the work, "You are welcome,"

King Ray turns his glare on Flos, who ignores it, before turning his head and carrying Queen Viola, who is calming down the Vice Commander of the Queen's Knight and the King's aide of their worry and thanking them for their concern, away from these people. His beloved wants to go to the bathroom, so that's the place they will go 1st.

Flos follows behind the Royals without a word, followed by Rhythm who is just following Flos, and the Queen's Knight plus the King's aide. Annoyed at so many tails, the King turns to the working adults, "Don't you have work to do?"

Flos and Rhythm's job hasn't started yet, so they have nothing to do. As for the Queen's Knight, his job is to protect the Queen. The King's aide is the only 1 who works at the office. Looking at the situation, the King's aide figures he will have to do both his and the King's work too. How unfortunate. It seems like the King's aide will have to withdraw from the party.

Forlornly, the King's aide watches everyone leave him behind.

As they turn a corner, Flos briefly turns her head to glance at the lonesome figure of the King's aide.

Whilst following the King, Rhythm tells Flos how he grabbed her item box so quickly from her room at the guest house. Evidently, Rhythm has seen a complete map of the Castle and finds out there is a road connecting the main Castle with the guest house that does not require carriages to cross.

In fact, riding a carriage makes the journey longer because the carriage has a set of routes to pass to reach the main Castle from the guest house. The shortcut Rhythm used only needed them to walk past the Queen's Knight's training ground. Flos then recalls her brief solo tour and the unexpected reunion she had with the escort Knight.

So, if she didn't stop to look at the Knights and turned back, she could have walked straight to the main Castle?

"Did you see anyone when you walked that path?" Flos asks in passing

"No," Rhythm shakes his head casually, "The Vice Commander said other Knights go out to hunt with the Commander," so that's why they are not around

Speaking of Knights, the King's Knight who sent her to the King's office also seemed to be busy with something. After all, unlike the Queen's Knights who stayed behind to guard their Master, the King's Knight left her alone in the room with His Majesty.