Lillian the Crimson Dragon

Chapter 5

I followed the servant through the hallways until we reached a room in which they opened the door and ushered me through saying, "This will be your room while you are staying here. I will go and have your bath prepared for you if you need anything do not hesitate to pull the cord and one of us servants will come to see to it. I will come to get you when the bath is ready till then my Lord."

After the servant leaves I look around the room and realize while it didn't have the personal touch that my room had it was by far grander than mine. The bed looked to be at the very least a king sized four post. The closet was a large walk in style and there was also a desk, table with four chairs around it, and a couple of couches sitting around a fireplace with end tables at each end of the couches. I couldn't believe the grandeur spent on this room. I could think of a hundred different things the gold could have been used on other than this room. As I head over to the fireplace I feel that my boots are being cushioned and when I look down I see that the entire floor, except close to the fireplace, was covered in a thick carpet. I just shake my head at the extravagance of it all. I get over to the fireplace and notice that it looked to be freshly cleaned. I then walk around the room tapping on the walls and looking for any hidden passages that could let in unwelcome guests into my room. I don't find any until I walk into the closet and on the far corner of it I find that there is a small section that though it is painted to look like the rest it is hollow and when I run my fingers along it I feel the edges of it. It is about five foot in height and two foot wide. I just smile as I reach into my pack and pull out a package that holds some thin wire and bells. I attach the bells to the wire then I set the wire up around the section crisscrossing it so that if someone comes through here they would hit the wires and jingle the bells which would warn me that there was someone there. I then complete my rounds and don't find any more passages. I go to the door and set up another wire and bell above it so that if the door was opened it would ring the bell. I then walk over to the table and start emptying out the pack of its contents and setting them up neatly on the table. As I take stock of what I have I realize I will have to head to a money house sometime today or tomorrow to transfer the bank notes I have into gold so I could afford to get odd the things I would like during my stay. I also notice how dirty my clothes are and remind myself that I will have to get them washed. I check the other stuff in there and see that it is all still there. As I get done either putting things back into the pack or putting them in the drawer in the nightstand by the bed I hear a knock on the door.

"Who is it," I ask as I get to the other side of the door.

"My lord it is Jacqueline. I am a servant of this house and I have come to take you to your bath," I hear a female say on the other end.

"Come in," I say not believing a word said until I see the person myself.

The door opens, ringing the bell in the process, and in came a girl that I noticed was one of the two from the dining room from earlier. As she comes in I see she has the same shade of brown hair as her father and that it is done in a loose ponytail. She is wearing a loose fitting dress that is emerald green. She only comes to about mid chest on me making her about 5'8" since I stand at 6'4".

When she has come into the room completely I step out from behind the door and say, "I didn't know that the masters of a household were servants. What are you doing here and do your parents know you are here?"

She jumps as she turns around to see me and says, "Don't do that. You scared at least ten years off of my life. And why are you behind the door anyways?"

I shake my head and try to keep the laughter out of my voice as I speak, "It is so that I can see who is coming in without them seeing me. It is a way to keep assassins and others from getting the jump on me. Now answer my question."