"And are you sure she is in this library? We discussed how important it is to keep the moments of the royal family to a minimum." Caliber would ask once again at the guards who opened to doors for him and the King.

"Yes sir. We understand completely and we are sure she is still here. She has not exited from these doors."

"Very well then, your majesty?" He would turn to the king.

King Suko looked dreary, the lack of sleep has taken an appearance with small bags in his eyes. "Yes yes, now let us see if she isn't too mad at us."

The two quietly would begin to comb through the aisles of the books, focusing more on finding a person than a specific title among the shelves. Eventually, the King would discover his daughter resting on the chairs at the back of the library. Memories of him sitting there with her younger self sitting on his lap as he read through the latest installment of his book novelization of his adventures flash through his head. He felt melancholy as her younger self slowly morphed into her older self.

"My, how the time has flown by for me. I'm getting old and you're getting more beautiful by the day."

Caliber would find the two and slows down so his armor that clanged with every step would be hushed.

"So she was here. Good. Worried that the reaper had reached her again."

Don't speak of such horrors, Caliber." King Suko would state. He would reach out to her and lightly starts touching her cheek.

"Right, we still haven't seen him since the attack. It was just a suggestion, a bad one. I apologize."

"It is fine. How long do you think this lockdown shall commence?"

"At the latest or least, when we capture the White Reaper or have reports of him being far from the castle. Even then, we shouldn't lower our defenses in the chance that it could be a trap."

"My poor girl. Bad enough that I been too protective of her and kept her from doing anything she truly wants."

"It was for her own good. After what happened before. We can't really afford to lose her."

"You're right. But still." He would reach down and lightly pulls the book out of her lap and sets it on the table. He then picks her off the chair and into his arms. His body was familiar to this situation as well as her own as she curls up into his arms and pressed herself against him.

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"I will do everything I can with the soldiers to locate the White Reaper and end this quickly. And once that has been dealt with, she could finally visit the capital as she was longing for."

"I was thinking beyond that. I think it would do her some good to see the outside world."

"You mean for her to go out into the world!?" He says, nearly losing his control over his voice and almost yelled enough to awaken the sleeping maiden.

"Yes, I've done it when I would far younger than her. I'm sure she would be able to handle such things as well. She IS my daughter. As well as Noria's."

"But she doesn't even know how to handle herself in combat?"

"And whose fault is that? As I keep hearing, she would constantly ask you to train her and you refuse to."

"Well...I.." He had no real answer. Least not any that he was comfortable to share, even with his king. He never liked the idea of his king being the one who ventured into the world either. When he thinks of the queens and princesses, he expects them to be well-mannered and never having to pick up a sword. Some of the guards have already shared their opinions about it and he was in an early process of trying to rehabilitate such opinion, all without the knowledge of the King and Queen.

"You don't have to answer. But I do expect you to begin to teach her some techniques so she can be set out and experience her dreams. Least before we coronate her as Queen."

"Yes, I can see it now. Venturing in the word would have her gain some important knowledge about the world and make her an even better leader than she would now."

The two return to the front of the library. The White Reaper crouches at the top of the shelves, quietly crouching to hide in the shadows that were forming as the sunlight began to diminish. The candles that were normally lit at this time remained unlit as the guards remained at the door.

"So what is the current plans in catching the White Reaper?" King Suko would ask.

"Right now, we have most of the forces in and around the castle. I have sent out some of our most discreet soldiers go undercover and scout the city for any signs or rumors of him."

"And nothing so far?"

"None sir."

"Hmm, what about the underground?"

"The underground, sir?"

"Yes, have you checked there?"

"No, I haven't I'll send some down and investigate to see if there are any signs there then."

"You shouldn't think of him like some common criminal. This is a man of some extreme skill and provision. Never heard of anyone of his skill. I wouldn't put it past him to not avoid risk in completing his goals."

"Yessir. I'll send some of my people and myself down to investigate it. He won't get close to you or Yasuline again."

King Suko would nod at him and the three would exit the library. The White Reaper would climb back down to snatch some of the books he tucked back onto the shelves and begins to carry them all through the window near the ceiling. As he reaches the roof, he would find many soldiers swarming around in the yards. looking all around them to ensure nobody would get passed them. He would slump on the roof and begins to read through the various books of the King's past adventures. Using the moonlight as his light source. Not bothered of the wind blowing gently in the air.