"He was a man with many riches and many estates which he owns in various places to see. In his estate, there were hundreds of doors, many of them that were locked, many that held his deep and darkest secrets, and doors that would be forbidden for yo...
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chapter xxii. serendipity-2
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The silence in the hallways of Stargrave feels peculiar today.
The sun is still up. You can hear the palace maids chatting in their break rooms and service halls when you walk past after you are done with your lessons with Lady Laurel at the library, yet you have yet to see any of them walking down the corridors and halls when you make your way through the castle.
Once again, your day was filled with long, exhausting hours of tutoring—hours of reading through a variety of tomes on magic and old folktales of Ancients and Kings—and minor royal duties, which ended only once afternoon comes and your tutors retreated to their quarters. With Lord Gordan once again absent for your afternoon lessons, still busy filling in for His Majesty King Aneas and dealing with the royal duties until the King returns, it leaves your afternoon free of any activities.
