Chapter 21: The School

“Miss Laurel left with her maid, Sarah to tour the city,” Chasel told him and Adolph frowned. He had seen Sam and Lynn still on the castle grounds.

Chasel huffed, “While I’m sure they’ll be fine in the Imperial City, I wish she would have taken her escort.”

Adolph chuckled and left Chasel. He lifted the hood attached to his vest over his head and left the palace with a few nods to the guards. The road into the Imperial City had been cleaned, but the flowers still littered the lower streets and colored the air with a soft floral scent. It was pleasant enough and made him remember that he should go take a look at the orchard the late luna had established.

With any luck, it hadn’t fallen too far into disrepair and could be used to continue producing food for the army and whoever else needed it.

He sighed. It was such a tragedy that he had never met his daughter-in-law. Based on her efforts, she had been such a bright young woman. He hoped his lecture had settled in Basil’s mind, and t