145 Missing from the palace

Music Recommendation: What have we done to each other? - Trent Reznor

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Dante, who was engaged in conversation with his grandmother, discussing the guests and the symptoms they experienced after consuming the concoction she brewed, suddenly frowned. Abruptly, he turned to look in a particular direction, intently staring, and the Mother Queen noticed his reaction and inquired, 

"What's the matter?" She shifted her gaze in the direction he was looking. 

"Something isn't right," Dante murmured, and he stepped away from the binoculars. As he proceeded towards the staircase, the Mother Queen's eyebrows rose in curiosity. 

"What do you mean? Do you sense the demon of mischief?!"