Rachel stands off to the side at the coming of age party for Arthur, both him and Morgan are now about twenty. Looking at the entire hall, there isn't an announce of elegance at all. Nobles bunched up at the table are eating their food like professional slobs. She can even she some of them slobbering all over the food.
The Female participants are on the other side, but they are heavily dosed in perfume. Not very good ones by the, so, its all a complete clash of scents both foreign and domestic.
Arthur's chatting merrily with his own good friends he somehow made, he walked out of his brat phase only to move into being a total arrogant royal a**, but, he does have those certain kingly traits. Just, ugh.
Morgan is calmly talking to her handmaiden, which is also a servant. The young girl took some of her need to be clean and has not once interacted or gone near the mess being made in the hall. There is literal food and some mice collecting the food that had sadly fallen.
"How the Party Merlin, enjoying yourself" Uther said walking up, red faced. "Will you be joining the dancing later on."
"I would rather Die." Rachel said without any hesitation and not even looking at him, she is also refusing to look towards the main hall, as it is worse than the fat and overweight nobles eating their meals. At this point she has no idea what they all touched.
She feels like she might faint, and she doesn't even believe in faint due to pressure. She wants to leave; she wants to leave. This line continued to repeat repeatedly in her mind. Uther had run off to go talk to some of the female members of the party.
After a few minutes Rachel couldn't take the disgusting sounds anymore and just left, no one was looking for her. Getting back to her lab Rachel rushed to her makeshift shower. she really felt like cockroaches where crawling all over her, Just for being there.
Walking out, she used magic to dry her hair and dress herself, but she still kept quite dirty.
"Sneaked out when you could to." Rachel said as she leaned against her lab table, Morgan had walked in with her hand maiden, Lelaia.
"I couldn't help it, The royal families parties aren't pleasant" Morgan smiled as she walked up to one of the cabinets. She grabbed a green bottle.
"I told you, that you don't need those" Rachel said lightly as she took out a book from the side and started making notes of something.
Morgan turned to face Rachel's back, "Merlin, I just want to be normal. The Dreams aren't normal. Other physician has said I shouldn't be having them at this age."
"You trust them over me" Rachel huffed.
"Then what are they? You never answered, "Morgan pressed, "Its not a sickness, that's for sure."
"And as I said before, you'll understand them eventually."
Morgan sighed "I wish you could give me a clear answer" she whispered worriedly.
"…." Rachel stopped writing and turned her hand into a fist while leaning on it. Morgan looked back at her hand-maiden and then the two walked out. Lelaia, gave her a glance, it turned into a sharp hostile glare, but, only for a moment as she walked out.
Lelaia, that girl is one of Henry's people. He had sent her here after Uther tried sleeping with his wife for the first time. Since then he has been using the girl to send messages, and report to Henry the ongoing of the capital to him. It's possible that Henry is still beyond mad at his older brother and wants to make plans for the next time he tries this stunt.
As for Morgan, they are close so he may also want to make sure she is okay. He hasn't been successful with children.
'If only he would ask me to help him' Rachel thought, she could have helped, Henry was made infertile by his former fiancée. Who felt jilted when he chose his wife over her, weather he knows he is infertile or not. As well as if he knows the person who made him infertile, she doesn't know.
Because Henry has chosen to stay away from the capital, after that incident, his excuse for not coming to Arthur's coming of age party was bandits causing havoc.
But, Lelaia she had been with Morgan since she turned twelve and has been her only female friend her and still is. As for the reason this little girl hates her, its so childish. She hates how Morgan gives her absolute trust and also how close they are, basically she is jealously.
'Perhaps I should send a later to Henry' Rachel thought.