Search Into The Forest

For the rest of the evening the Duke was nowhere to be seen, he really just brought her over, stared at her, then left her with his attendant for hours. She managed to get some walking practice, but the attendant walking over to where she was in a few steps and praising her made her feel just a tad bit angry.

When Isaac came to pick her up, the Duke still hadn't returned much to his delight, he didn't need to see him. While he walked back towards his room with her, she got the glimpse of someone moving quickly, but couldn't quite put her finger on it, chalking it up to her imagination. There were far too many people in the castle anyways with all the staff.

That night was one of her best rests so far all week, compared to being out on the road. Money can't buy you happiness they say? Well that's a lie. Money can buy the absolute best of best materials and that made her incredibly happy. It would make her happier if she could live her whole life without fear of dying, too.

After a few more hours of brief resting, he finally woke up at the sound of someone's footsteps at the bottom of his room, the noise of someone climbing up the wall as he expected by now.

"Little Elevenths still asleep, huh? Makes ya wonder what the Duke did to er'." Nyx commented while climbing through the window, immediately shutting it behind him. Rubbing his neck, he cracked it to the side with a little sigh.

"They had to give us rooms so high up." He grumbled, joining Isaac at the bed, tossing the bag around his hips towards him. His hair was tied up in a high ponytail with a thin sheer black face veil over his mouth and nose. his attire was mainly black, from his shirt to his gloves to his boots, the only thing that really stuck out were his golden eyes.

Likewise, Isaac changed into his attire, a similar outfit to Nyx's, although he stood out a bit more with such naturally light features, silver eye and blonde hair, it didn't matter too much. Taking his weapon out of the closet, Nyx almost kissed it as he told it how much he missed it, Isaac watching with disgust.

Fixing his veil, he judged the time outside, a small breath while using his magic to lift her up not to wake her. They couldn't leave her alone, even with the second wife away. She'd already targeted them on the way, no doubt the Duke knew it, just never mentioned it. Even so, it wasn't his problem if she gets punished for injuring the first wife on the way.

Moving to the open balcony, Isaac jumped off the railings only for the wind to elegantly land him at the bottom, followed by Nyx beside him, making no sound as well as he landed clutching his spear. "Ya could of told me the balcony door was open." He whispered huffed.

"You're the idiot who couldn't figure that out." Isaac retorted in his own whisper, pulling out the map from the bag Nyx gave him, looking at the places the guards were stationed. It was easy for the two to avoid them, even with a baby. Nyx was silent and fast while Isaac was silent and graceful.

After a few minutes of traversing around the castle, they finally made it to the forest where the hunt was being held behind a large gate. It'd be better to not leave any fingerprints by climbing, good thing that the Argyris speciality involved that.

The wind from Isaac easily lifted them up and across, dropping them inside and careful to not leave any footprints either, Nyx sitting on his spear handle like a witch with the wind lifting it, and Isaac walking on air evading the guards near the entrance as they entered deeper, finally setting them down.

"I thought ya were improving yer bow skills not magic?" Nyx questioned, no longer whispering as he knew there were no guards near. Even now he was still lifting Theia up with air magic, using it for nearly a half hour without any signs of exhaustion.

Glancing at him, Isaac raised a brow. "Surely you don't think I'm so weak? I'm pretty sure only that one wouldn't be able to do it." He said in reference to Penelope, still proud of herself for barely being able to use wind magic.

Nodding in understanding, Nyx proceeded to walk around towards a tree, observing the terrain. "They likely have the monsters locked up til a few more days." He hummed, taking note of where the beasts could be hiding, and where the best places to go would be.

Acknowledging his comment, Isaac joined him in observing. If there were not beasts here now, it was a little beneficial, it would be difficult to avoid killing them when the time comes, but he had a bit of trust that with Theia, there would be no need to worry about such a thing.

It was amazing the girl could still sleep as they traversed the area, putting in the simple philosophy. The beasts will always go to the best spot unless docile or forced away by a stronger one. Neither had ever been to the hunt before, but they knew the Duke did, and they had a plan. If Isaac couldn't steal from the Duke, he could steal from someone else if things came down to it.

They didn't need to find the area now, but they did need to keep the terrain in mind. Would it be faster on horses, or to just ditch them eventually at a certain point and go by feet. There'd also be no magic, and would it be smarter to use a certain arrow type or another? They'd also need to analyze the horses they had prepared later, just to be sure. All these factors made the difference at the end of the day, no matter how small they were.

As the sun continued to rise, they gave themselves another hour to search around and mark things down before anyone would notice they were gone for the night.