NIKOLAI knitted his eyebrows when he felt a disturbance in the barrier that protected the entire Royal Palace.
The timing couldn't get any worse.
[Why now of all times?]
<"What's the matter, Nikolai?">
It was Mona's voice, and it was coming from the wall in front of him.
The four corners of the wall were decorated with glowing premium Mana stones that served as a communication device. And those four premium Mana stones created a transparent screen in the middle.
Mona's beautiful image occupied the screen.
He could see her having tea in the lounge of her bedroom.
Nikolai was also having tea in the lounge area of his bed-chamber. After all, his room was the safest place in the palace to have private conversations.
"There's an intruder," Nikolai informed Mona. "But I don't think it's an enemy."
He said that because of the tiny golden globe that looked like a little sun floating right in front of his face.
