Once tea had been made and served Scott and Mordred sat in silence. The air about the room seemed rather tense despite how calm of a situation it was. Mordred could do nothing but look at the area around her that was littered with rum bottles. The books were neatly placed on the bookshelf but everything else was a mess.

“I want to know something.” Scott finally said to break the silence.

“Yes?”

“The fake masked man is still at large and will eventually reappear. However he had an item on him that I had assumed only the Agency was in possession of.”

“And what might that be?”

“His robe. It was covered in runes that allowed him to absorb the energy of any physical attack and release it at will. That kind of reminds me of the veil of God’s protection that was in the Agency’s treasury.”

“Are you insinuating that he has the veil of God’s protection?”

“No, I just want to know if it is replacatible.”

“It is not. The veil of God’s protection was created by a master of magic when we were known as the knight of the templar. However I will indulge you with a little bit of information to satisfy your curiosity.”

“And what might that be?”

“As you know we are rather low on funds at the moment. Even your own home has suffered because of this. If we had the funds we would give some to you to have this place repaired. Because of our insufficient funds we had to sell some of the items in the treasury.”

“What? Do you have any idea how dangerous some of the items in the treasury are?”

“We know quite well how dangerous some of them are but we had no other choice. We wanted to keep this classified but I know how tight lipped you can be. We had several of the Directors sell certain items at underground auctions and it proved more than lucrative.”

“I understand why you did it but does this mean that you sold something as dangerous as the veil of God’s protection?”

“Yes, but you must understand that there are far more dangerous items within the treasury that we could never part with for the sake of the world.”

“Now that I know that we faced off against someone using the veil of God’s protection I understand why you are so afraid of the Masked man.”

“Yes, I was told that you witnessed him kill the imposter in a matter of minutes. It does not surprise me. He has always been powerful, he was even able to take on all of the knights of the round table and win.”

“Do you know his objective?”

“No, that has always been a mystery. He has appeared several times since he killed my father and every time he has attacked Merlin and I. Why he didn’t this time is strange. Merlin has theorized that he is like himself and I in the way that we cannot age or die so long as we aren’t killed due to Merlin's magic.”

“So is his objective to destroy the Agency?”

“I don’t think so. Despite everything he has done he has set up for a peaceful time for the Agency every time he has reappeared.”

“Would like something to eat? We could go meet Lou and Elysif at the pub?”

“That sounds wonderful, but let’s finish the tea before we go.”

“As you wish.” Scott replied before taking a sip of his tea. The two sat and enjoyed the silence. Their worries had seemed to fade away with every sip they took. Moments like this were rare to them and they wanted to enjoy every moment of it.