Outside the Ancestral hall.


    "It going to four hours already, are you sure the prince is not dead,'' one of the lords who caused trouble earlier asked.


    " if you do know nobody will think you are dead. You seem to have a mission to curse trouble today," prince Ericsson was the one who answered. He felt that this lord was becoming unreasonable. When he was a young prince his father has told him that he spent almost ten hours in the Ancestral hall looking for the golden egg.


    "Why? The royal family is so... So... They seem to hate the truth," another lord supported him.


    "One man already die four hours ago, the sword is still sharp. How dare your curse a member of the Royal family death?" Jeffery said. His voice was cold. As prince Sebastian''s right-hand man he knew every custom and tradition of the people of Avalo.


    "How dare a lowly guard as you challenge me?" The first lord roared. He did not believe that Jeffery will dare raise a sword at him.


    "You are really out to disgrace yourself today lord Darth. Even a commoner knows that I am not a guard but then it is no surprise since you do not even know about the right of passage. It is fortunate that you were born into a noble family. If not I wonder how you would have survived till date with such level of ignorant," Jeffery said.


    He has been the prince body doubler for so long. So he has picked up the fearless nature and poisonous tongue of the prince. If he had not been following the prince with his ability he should be a feared general.


    "You...! " Lord Darth pointed a finger at Jeffery. He was boiling in angry unable to speak no matter how hard he tried.


    "Yes me, if you are knowledgeable you would have known that it was recorded in the books that king Avala the second has spent the day of the new moon in the Ancestral hall looking for the golden egg," Jeffery answered.


    ''Lies'' this words was at the tip of lord Darth''s tongue but he forced it back. He has no idea if such a book existed. If Jeffery was saying the truth he will only end up embarrassing himself. This will indeed be a slap on his face.


    "That right, my father has used ten hours to find the golden egg. Prince Sebastian has only been there for four hours and you dare to complain," prince Ericsson said.


    He looked at lord Darth as though he was looking at a stupid man. Lord Darth''s face turned red with embarrassment but he remained unwilling to give up.


    "How is it my fault? King Rodrick has spent less than an hour to find the golden egg. So how was supposed to know that prince Sebastian was not favored by his ancestors that they decided to punish him so much," lord Darth said


    Prince Ericsson shook his head. He had always had a feeling that king Rodrick did not get the golden eggs, how else was Queen magret able to fool him about Sebastian so many years.


    Back then the king has handed over the book that contained the rite of passage to Prince Edward.


    Before prince Edward died he had the book from him. Prince Ericsson was just curious about the rite of passage at that time but Thompson has used this action to sow discord between the two of them.


    So it was fated that king Rodrick did not know that the shortest time any prince had spent in the Ancestral hall was four hours. The book only contained the time of the prince, it did not go into detail about how he managed to find the egg. It was said that every true prince will find a way.


    "Lord Darth, when a person is fooled by another, the victim should bury it deep in their heart. So that he will not be laughed at by others," prince Ericsson said.


    Lord Darth became angrier. "Are you trying to call me a fool?" He asked but he was not stupid to draw his sword at the prince.


    "If not a fool, then what? Do you think the Ancestor is blind like you to hand over the golden egg to murder like my brother? Even if my father did not know the truth the Ancestors knew. This is wife my brother had you all fooled and came out of the hall be he is struck dead," prince Ericsson said.


    "That right, although I was still young when king Mongan took over the throne he had spent ten hours inside the hall," an old lord said.


    "What are you saying?'' One of the lords who had been supporting lord Darth asked the old lord.


    " Back then king Rodrick came out within an hour I have felt something was wrong but since he was holding the golden egg and the Priest had accepted it, I have kept my thought to myself.  But it makes sense now," the old lord said.


    "What? Are you saying our priest back then was corrupt and he had joined the king to fool us?" another lord asked. Most of the lords belived that the priest was holy and fair people, who only say what the gods have asked them to say.


    So it was a bow to hear that a priest has been corrupt. If even a priest can be corrupt does this not mean the kingdom was doomed to fall apart.


    "I guess, concerning the strange death of the priest the gods must have struck him to death," the old lord replied.


    "That is true, the priest was found dead two days after he crowned the king. Nobody knew what has cursed his death at that time," another lord said.


    Right, many of the lords agreed with the two lords. Lord Darth did not dare say another word. He was afraid that if he spoke he will make himself into a joke.


    If a person like Jeffrey even knows about the time it took for a prince to get the golden egg when he did not, people will begin to call him a fool, who is not knowledgeable.


    Unfortunately, even if he decided to keep quiet for the time being, Jeffery will not let him be. "Lord Darth, have you realized your mistake?" Jeffery knew that if he did not destroy this man''s reputation today, he will make trouble for the prince in the future.


    "What is there to be ashamed of? King Rodrick had us all fooled," lord Darth refused to be pulled down by Jeffery.


    "Speak for yourself, I only respected the priest at that time. Who would have known he was corrupt?" One lord said?


    That''s right, I for one will also belive the priest in prince Sebastian''s case. After all, they already accepted him as the crown prince," another lord said.


    They all immediately hid under the fact that the priest was involved. This left Lord Darth in an awkward position.


    If he tried to use the same strategy as the other lords, he will become a bigger joke.. So he swallowed his embarrassment.