Honey : The Empire's Treasure 438 Leaving On A High Note... 3

"What are you go-" Mika swiftly covered Hycis' mouth before he could finish his question. 

Holding her index finger to her lips, she signaled for him to be quiet. She didn't know if the person or people the King sent, placed listening devices in her room.

It will take her a while to search every nook and cranny. 

Gesturing for everyone to leave, they stood in the hallway a little perturb.

No one spoke until Mika shut the door tightly behind her.

"What are you going to do?" Hycis asked.

"Let's discuss this somewhere else…" Looking at Saavi and Jaonos, she thought about everyone going to one of their rooms, but figured the King already had his people look into who accompanied Prince Ailwin to the winter banquet.

"Nylian, lets go to your room." Mika turn and walked away.

Hearing that they were going to go to his room, Nylian was a little uncomfortable. He never liked people entering his personal space and even more so five of his juniors.

"Um….sure." However, sucking it up, he led the group towards his dorm room. Escorting everyone to the upper floors were the senior students reside, he opened his room for their use.

"What the…!?" Everyone stepped into his room to see a spacious loft with amazing view of the landscape and natural light from the massive windows.

"Why do you get a room like this!?" Hycis shouted out as he ran towards the spa like bathroom.

"...because I am the academy's student president."

"Just because you are the student council president you get a room like this...How can I become the next president then?"

"You can't." Nylian simply replied.

"Why not?" Hycis jumped out of the bathroom, offended by Nylian's rebuttal.

"Your grades won't let you."

Hycis thought about his last quarter grades and hung his head, This is clearly scoring favoritism!

Moving around the room, Mika placed a couple of her concealment stones in the corners before taking a seat on the couch.

"How did infiltrating the bases go?"

"Fine." Celaena said as she took a seat beside her, "Kaze and I were able to get into all three bases without alerting anyone. We put the virus in all their food supplies and containers."

"What about you two?" Mika looked over at Hycis and Nylian.

"The same, though for the last one we decided to put it in their water supply."

"Did anyone notice you two?" 

"No...we did have a close call, but we were able to handle it just fine." Nylian brush off the slight incident we encountered.

With everyone positive conformations and the first part of their plan over, Mika explained what needs to happened next.

"Jaonos, you remember the names and faces of all those people who gave and didn't give the King a gift at the winter solstice banquet?"

"En...a good amount of them." He thought back to the long line of Lords and Madams.

"Good, how far have you come in your control of your powers?" Mika had long planned to use Jaonos' gifts.

"Saavi and I have been doing intense training since you guys abandoned us. We both developed some new techniques." The two that got left behind shared a secret look.

"Okay, than be prepared to use them. We need to gain support from the clans that don't approve of the King's rule, while mess with the ones who do." Mika smiled evilly, remembering the flowers in her room.

"I will leave these tasks to you, Saavi, and Nylian. I want the King to be bombarded with troubles from both parties, understood?"

"Yes." He and Saavi rubbed their hands together. They were finally happy to join in the fight like everyone else.

"What about me?" Celaena wanted to do more. She didn't want to stop at just breaking into some bases.

���Don't worry, you and Hycis will help me with a certain Prince and his Princesses."

"What are we going to do with Prince Thallan?" Hycis asked.

"I noticed he is building up his own forces. I don't want us to be blindsided by that idiot while we take care of the King."

"You think Prince Thallan will wait while Prince Ailwin and the King fight and then reap the rewards after?" Jaonos asked.

"En. He knows now that Ailwin and the King are at each other throats right now. Why would he waste resources when he can kill them both when they are at their weakest?"

"….but he is already the crown prince, right? Can't he just wait until his old father dies?" Hycis questioned.

"Do you think the King will give up willingly..." Nylian stated.

"I mean...he will have to eventually right?" Hycis looked around at everyone's faces.

"Sigh...Hycis, you do know the King is as old as some of our great grandfathers, right?" Nylian clarified to his slow companion.

"What!?" 

"Really, you need to study more.... King Rychell has lived a lot longer than of his predecessors, and I'm sure Prince Thallan is itching to taken the throne"

"You think the King has done something to himself to keep his youth…" Celaena lokked towards Mikaela.

"En. Which is why I need the two of you," Gesturing towards Celaena and Hycis, "to give Prince Thallan and his wives a little push in the right direction."

"What will you be doing?" Saavi asked.

"Hiding and researching." Mika said as she walked towards the room door. Stopping half a step to the exit, she turned around to look at Nylian.

"Trade rooms?"

"No."

"Tch…" Giving him the middle finger, she walked out the door.

"What does that mean?" Nylian was surprised by the weird gesture.

Everyone looked to Saavi, "It means to go *beep* yourself."

Saavi left the room after giving them the answer Mika gave her when she asked that question.

"I truly don't know what Prince Ailwin sees in her." Nylian shook his head.

Celaena mimic the gesture, trying it out for herself.

"I like it." She said as she smiled, thinking of all the people she plan to show it to.

Chapter end