Chapter 28- The Robbery

Wetting her lips, Elizabeth put the earring on her ear and arranged herself beside Lord Henry. She drank the water slowly. Faking a bored look, she then said nothing but was suddenly surprised when a tremendous bang from somewhere resounded loudly enough to bring an unexpected ringing to her ears.

Commander Jefferson panicked and ordered his men.

Elizabeth’s supernatural hearing was sensitive to those warriors, and the alchemists and even the fairies at her father's banquet were all trying to muffle the noise in their ears; it was an enchanting noise that made them momentarily dizzy, though some of the powerless guests were unaffected somehow. Almost half of the guests were on alert, especially his father's warriors, yet none seems to have changed into their warrior form after all, politicians were everywhere at this banquet and they would not risk it.

It was pursued by the crack of breaking glass, yet another fierce bang. Then, within a half-second, a strong growling shout from a mal