Book 16: Chapter 1 (3)
“The king is coming? He didn’t summon us, is he going to come here directly?”
The following morning after breakfast, they received a surprising message.
It was true that Orlean and the others knew that Shin’s party was staying at the former Lucent residence.
Orlean said that a messenger was likely to come, so they knew that they could not avoid meeting the king.
However, not even Shin would have predicted that the king would personally visit the residence.
“The king is waiting outside the residence. Can we let him inside?”
The elf who came to bring the message seemed shaken too.
Though he was a member of a caretaker clan, directly dealing with the country’s king was not an everyday occurrence.
“Is there a room used for audiences or something similar?”