In the study of the Archduke's Manor estate, Cathy looked at the disfigured portraits spread all over the big table at the centre.
"Ric, what is going on here?" she asked, confused at Eldric, whose hands were stained with different coloured ink, his long ash-brown hair looking uneven and unkempt. "What are you doing with Lady Elara's portraits?" she gasped. "Do you want to get banned from the Black Moor residence too?" he turned, asking her.
"I did not get banned!" she yelled. "The emperor is just momentarily angry at Lady Elara and taking it out on me. Anyway, the real question is, what are you doing?" she repeated.
"I have this nagging feeling that I know her from somewhere, but something in her features is different, so I was trying different types of eye colour on the portrait," he explained.
"And did you find what is wrong?" she asked.
