We reached the castle-manor whatever thingy a bit later than I thought.
The hall was mostly empty. And when we entered the throne room, all I saw was the earl going left to right, panicking.
There weren't many in here and the few that were were following him around like sheep and doing the same.
"What happened?"
Even the smell of the air was different. This morning, there was a fragment scent here, now, nothing.
The moment he heard my voice, he jumped. "My lord, you're back!"
'Please tell me you're not jumping around because of me.' I really hoped that wasn't the case. "Did something happen?"
"No, it's just… I thought you weren't coming back. May-maybe we weren't good enough for your lordship-"
Was this guy serious?
Yes!
"Look here pal, I already took this job and I'm going to finish it. I don't plan to run before finishing what I started." I really didn't want to.
