Disturbance

"Is there a reason why you made the test so simple?" the princess asked while waiting for the alchemists to finish making the pill.

"Well, part of the reason is that you didn't give me time to prepare," Alex said. "Had you told me you were doing this, I could have prepared much better."

"How could you not know this was happening? This is the news of the capital right now," the princess said.

"Uhh… is it? I haven't left my room in some time now," Alex said while shaking his head.

"You need to go out some more," the princess said. "So, what's the other part of the reason?" 

"The other part is that I'm looking for 3 things in the new alchemist," Alex said.

"What 3 things?" the princess asked.

"Well, I'm looking for tale—"

Alex's words stopped midspeech when he sensed something and turned his head to the right towards the palace.