Chapter 28
"So, what are you doing in the royal archive?"
As I delicately sipped my magnolia flower tea, Alistair unexpectedly posed a question that caught me off guard. Or it seemed like he was impatient. That was why he had to ask it before it killed him.
I could almost read him, but it did not mean he was like an open book.
I answered his question in a brief manner. "How about you? What are you about to do in the royal archive?" It was a dumb question since what else would you do in an archive but for some research and adding knowledge? "Don't answer me that you have learned my arrival, or else I will walk away from this place."
My eyes scanned his study room, located on the second floor, east wing of the royal palace. His study room was adorned with an array of artwork, includin
