"Where's Iris?" Adolphus asked after he woke up from the evening's nap. After what happened in the morning, he didn't see her. In anger, he even ended up injuring his hand. The wound had now healed as he took off the bandage. 

"You didn't answer me, Anthony," Adolphus quirked his eyebrow at him. 

"Miss Iris has left the work in the palace," Anthony replied. 

"What did you say?" Adolphus scrunched his nose and then rose to his feet. 

"Iris left the palace, Your Grace," Anthony repeated. He was a bit scared from inside because the King had given profound instructions not to reveal where Iris went. 

"Why don't you tell...