Azel had returned from Dalniar's capital slightly later than expected but still within his arranged time frame. By the time he and Fabian entered the castle, most of the castle's servants had retired for the night, and that left Azel to prepare a bath for himself.
After his bath, he came out to find his aide already attending to some paperwork and he decided to take over from him.
Fabian had been initially taken aback; the Azel he knew never offered to do work, even when it was his responsibility!
But Fabian knew better than to comment and instead decided to rest for the night.
He didn't know when Azel's phase would end, that was why he wanted to take advantage of all his free time before the man changed his mind.
Azel tried to focus on his work, he really did, but Fabian's annoyingly loud sleeping habits made it nearly impossible.