"Excuse me, have you seen a brown-haired woman pass by here today? She was wearing a black dress?"
"No, sir."
Rion asked the many people he met on the street, but none of them had seen Odette. Even so, Rion didn't want to give up. He continued down the road and hoped to find Odette.
***
At the Baster Inn, the news about Rion and Odette became the talk of everyone there. The news began to spread through the mouths of the guests who had left the inn to various places.
"I didn't think the king would do something like that. Even though I really admired him, because I thought he was a very loyal man. Wow, I'm utterly disappointed," said the female staff who was gossiping with Jacob and her other friends last night. Call her Serena.
She sat on the chair with her chin propped up. She put on a listless face because the king she idolized was not as good as she thought.
