When I returned to the royal palace, the whole place was in chaos. It was a total uproar, but as someone who had just gotten back, I had no idea why. There was no way I could know.
Miss Marin told me,
"Lord Robby, I'm terribly sorry, but I must report to the Knight Order headquarters. Please return to your room. If anything comes up, your assigned maid should contact you."
She bowed and hurried off.
Even as the palace boiled over with activity, I walked along the edge of the corridor so as not to get in anyone's way and returned to my room. The maids also seemed unusually restless. Many of them had furrowed brows. Normally no one ever ran in the hallways, but today several people were sprinting, and no one scolded them. Officials were hurrying somewhere with armfuls of documents. Whatever was happening, it was clearly a major incident.
