Walking into the manor Sam felt like he opened the freezer door at the grocery store
'Ugh chilly, something has to be keeping this place cool right?'
As if reading his mind Anna spoke softly
"It's magic stones my lord Sam, some of the guards killed a few ice bears not far from here and we are using the stones to keep the meat frozen in the cellar. They make the stones in their stomachs when they evolve and adapt."
"Thank you Anna."
Sam grunted at hear the words my lord before being jerked to a halt
'What the...'
staring at the young lord with a fearful look on her face Anna quickly continued on her way pulling our young Sam along
'He's never apologized to anyone but his father before, has the wound caused a fever?'
Walking into the main hall it was tall almost 20 feet from floor to ceiling with unflinching lights every 5 feet
'More magic stones? So many maybe I'm unbelievably rich or they're common.'
In front of the pair stood 5 Maids standing in black uniforms at the foot of a dual staircase.
Bowing and touching the ground in front of Sam he couldn't help but feel strange again
"My lord Sam these ladies here are your personal maids, they all are adept at healing magic and can conjure flames and other magics as necessary for their duties."
Looking at the now rising ladies he noticed they were all extremely beautiful, almost as beautiful as Anna but three of them had a large scar on their faces and necks almost like a claw or blade was dragged across their fair skin.
He quickly averted his gaze from the three and threw a questioning glance to Anna
Sighing Anna quickly dismissed the maids and spoke quietly "when someone advances their understanding of magic power to a certain height the power will scar them, sometimes internally sometimes not."
She couldn't help but feel a burning sensation from her gut and changed the subject
"I will see you to your quarters and let you rest, the maids will be there shortly to tend to you."
"Please do."
Entering his room he looked around the vast circular room, windows on the far end and a large desk and shelves resting in their view. It reminded him of those big shot skyscraper offices in movies, a large bed in the corner drew his attention and before he realized he was already deep in its embrace
'I need to understand this wold and what I'm doing here'
thinking about the voice in his head he looked at the floating words in his vision he thought to himself
'Quests!'