Seeing the frozen queen, the old man gestured at Wendy, who aptly brought a giant chair from the corner of the room to the standing queen.
Once she said something to the queen, Aster quickly got out of her stupor. Holding Arata a bit more tightly, she slowly dropped herself into the chair.
Rather than the queen, Flax took the initiative to enquire more about the situation at hand. "Yababa, although we did not expect such an answer from you, it would be best if you explain Master Arata's case in detail."
Yababa nodded and conjured a small stool with a milky spun-glass ball on top of it, called Augur Eye. Of all the different uses Augurs Eye has, it has one important function: creating a private medium for the people's consciousness to enter and have a deeper conversation. As Yababa thought, this conversation should be confidential to even the aids that are allowed in the prince chamber.
Seeing the reason behind this conjure, Wendy approached the queen to take the young prince from her master's arms, but Aster rejected it and looked at the old man beckoning him to join.
Yababa dutifully interjected, "I would advise for her highness alone to enter."
Monore knew how much trust is placed on Flax Delmont by both Graham and Anthurium houses, yet she still suggested excluding the Old Flax. The Old man just stayed in his place with his usual hunching posture. Aster looked at Flax once before responding to Yababa with a simple, "It is fine."
Although no one could tell, the old man's gait has a bit of pride in it as he was included in matters that Monore Yababa herself thought should be kept confidential from everyone. Delmont trusts Monore so much so that he would only leave the safety of the crown, if necessary, to her apart from her daughter. Also, Monore is as capable as him, if not more.
So 9 out of 10 times, he would consider the suggestions of Yababa, and Aster would not easily ignore warnings of Yababa, one of the most trusted subjects of Aster, especially so if it concerns her son's safety. This level of confidence in him by the queen made Flax renew his dedication and determination.
As Flax stood ready near the stool to the left of the queen, Yababa snapped her fingers. Slowly a milky white mist emitted from Yababa, Old Flax, and the queen and into the Augur Eye. The three people felt a flash in front of them, and once it was cleared, Yababa bowed and welcomed the queen to her realm.
"Welcome to the Summer Medows, your highness."
Aster looked around Yababa's mental realm, which was highly influenced by her very own kingdom Summers Bloom. There are small hills covered with grass, larkspurs, and daises. She came to Summer Medow once before, and the only difference now is that there is a large hourglass as tall as a hill a bit far away.
Yababa continued explaining without even the queen asking about the hourglass, "That hourglass, your highness is blessed by Demian, and the sand inside it is obtained from the statue of Gaia."
Both Aster and Flax were surprised as Monore not just obtained a blessed object of Demain, who remains unresponsive to any alms and prayer, but she also obtained the sands of Gaia statue, which would mean Yababa knows the location of Gaia's Adobe. If this information is leaked, not just Gemini, all the monotheistic sects that believe only their god to be the one true god will start another holy war, and Summers Bloom will be the stage center of that war.
Even the always stoic Flax is sweating nervously but didn't say or do anything as the queen said nothing.
Seeing the queen's silence, Yababa once again thought about the priorities of the queen [Her son before the kingdom, huh?]
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