Ollie walked nervously behind Ashlynn and Thane while the two chatted on their way to the formal dining room deeper in the castle.
For the former kitchen boy, the past several days had been an increasingly unbelievable dream. His friend from the kitchens revealed herself as the true Lady Ashlynn Blackwell and accused a knight of trying to help murder her, burying her in a shallow grave in the forest. Then, they joined with a group of de-Eldritch people after she killed the knight in a brutal trial by combat.
That alone would have been enough of an adventure to leave his other friends in the servants' quarters open-mouthed in disbelief but it didn't end there. He'd been given refined clothing and a luxurious room to live in, as though he'd become a person of status. Then, when he reunited with Ashlynn for dinner, she stunned everyone yet again with a display of holy power.
