"You very much ought to attend," General Skullic said. He still had yet to leave. His stay had extended to over a week, and he showed no signs of leaving anytime soon. "The rewards will be significant enough."
"Lord Blackwell has already rewarded me," Oliver said.
"And the High King will be forced to award you again. You slew a General, Patrick," Skullic said. "That is a feat that the entire realm celebrates. The wider your name is known, the less blatantly your foes can move against you. To abandon this opportunity would be a folly, especially when pettiness is your only motivation."
"…There would only be a week to get there," Oliver said. "It would be a miserable journey."
"But there would be coin," Greeves ventured, as a whisper on the wind, just loudly enough that Oliver could hear, but not loudly enough that the other nobles could accuse him of intruding on their conversation.
