Chapter 58 - Spy

With the disappearance of the Calming Mist, another wave of argument came between Venedette, Halma, and now with Lei which they then continued during dinner while Gem was transferred to the infirmary for more maintenance and medical care.

"Don't. Lecture me." Halma said in a tone that was final after Von's explanation.

They were continuing their dinner after what happened to Gem but this time, instead of getting straight to the argument, they decided to finish eating first before they could proceed.

And when Von decided to go first by explaining why he thought Halma was in the wrong, Halma got irritated by his cleverness and way of words.

"Let him talk, Halma. I'm not letting him grow up without a voice like what you once did to me and my brothers. He is free to express himself and his beliefs."

"But not to me.. Be careful with your words, child." Halma said, rebutting Venedette's words immediately to Von who on the other hand, seemed like he didn't care much about the argument anymore.

He already said what's on his mind and that was enough for him. No need to prolong the argument with repetitive words if he knew the other party wouldn't listen to him anyway.

Dinner was done and there were desserts on the table, but the room felt more like a courtroom than a dining room due to Halma and Venedette's heavy auras filling inside.

Since the calming mist helped them calm down a little earlier, they were able to tone down their emotions, most especially Venedette and Fily's emotional breakdowns, but since it was only for a short time, Venedette and Fily was only able to clear their emotions, not their minds nor the thoughts that bothered them the most about Halma's involvement with Gem's wishes and powers.

"I did what I had to do to help the progress of your mission, Venedette. Don't tell me what I did was wrong because from what I can see, the plan actually worked. And it was not even my plan in the first place! Gem was the one who thought of doing such a thing! I just helped her do something that you, soft-hearted people, wouldn't help her do." Halma ranted.

Fily's eyes widened upon hearing this.

"How did you know that?" she said bravely despite not being able to look at Halma's eyes.

It was true that Gem was the first one who said she needed to die in order to enter that Solitude place again, but Fily had no recollection of when and how she told anyone anything about it.

She was the most aggravated when she heard those words from Gem's mouth, and although she was convinced by the theory, she was not a fan of it. She even promised Gem that she would find another way for her to enter Solitude so how-? And why?

"Oh? You really didn't know?" 

Somehow, the Queen's tone managed to scare her off from digging too deep into this. But she deserves to know the truth! She wouldn't be able to last a day thinking she betrayed Gem. Or would she ever let her friends think she betrayed them because of this! So she swallowed the huge lump on her throat and looked at the Queen's flaming eyes to answer "Yes." despite her shaky voice.

The Queen's smirk told her how she would look stupid the moment her mouth opens up, and what she thought was right.

"You have a connection with Riveth, your mom, so she was able to see everything you have been doing for the past few days while you were here so it was only natural for me to get wind of everything too."

Fily knew she had a connection with her mom, and every other kin she had a strong blood relationship to. But she was not aware of her mom being able to see everything that she could see! In short, she was made a spy by the Queen without her knowledge! 

"Halma! What you're doing is beyond despicable now! From killing Gem to even invading Fily's privacy!" Venedette exhaled deeply.

"What are you talking about?! I did not invade her privacy! It was her mom who had been watching everything for me and just telling me the important facts that I should know from your research!"

"So why did you even call me this morning to ask about things? I thought I betrayed my friends because of you!" Fily suddenly exploded, her face was so red after discovering that disturbing thing but what bothered her the most was the fact that she had been used by her mother of all people for that silly information that she would have otherwise given to her mother willingly!

"And you even had the nerve to lie to me about some things! Just be thankful I adore your mother too much or else you would have already been punished for your lies against the Queen." Halma said with much grace that even if she was in a one-versus-six situation, she was still able to stand proud and gracefully powerful just like her animal symbol 'the fox'.

"How could she do this to me?" Fily gasped, tears started filling her eyes once again as her knees weakened below her.

Petunia, on the other hand, who genuinely thought Fily actually betrayed them, went closer to comfort her.

She was still angry from the fact that Fily, one of the most intelligent super humans on this planet, was not aware of her mom's ability to connect to her without her consent. But that was just it. It was not Fily's fault that her mom, the Queen's adviser, was more intelligent than her.

"You are too much Halma!"

"And you're not listening to a word I said!" Halma slammed on the table. 

She was still wearing her complete Queen attire even during dinner for some unknown reason but they were all too immersed in the argument that none of them bothered to ask why she was wearing such a sacred thing out of the throne room.

"That's because you make no sense at all!"

"Do I now?" she said in a cunning tone before leaving the dining room filled with despaired faces once again.