Chapter 49: Servant Cedric (15). Three Problems, Three Answers
“The Marquess wishes to see you.”
It was, without exaggeration, a summons like a bolt from the blue.
The Redvell family ruled over many lands both directly and indirectly, and countless retainers served under them. But among them, only a handful had ever spoken face-to-face with the Marquess himself.
This didn’t just apply to those from other territories—even the retainers stationed at the main estate, where the Marquess resided, were no exception.
Even retainers of noble birth, from vassal houses with long histories, rarely earned a personal audience. As for common-born servants—well, there was no need to say it.
So why, then, had the Marquess called for a mere servant, hired not even from the main house but from a remote province by his youngest daughter?
Claudia’s attendants were visibly shaken by the news—and so were those serving the other Redvell children.
“I understand. Please lead the way.”
Yet regardless of the surrounding confusion, Cedric responded with complete calm and set off at a brisk pace.
His composure—utterly devoid of fear—made even the stoic retainers of the main house blink in faint surprise.
Unlike lesser domains, the retainers of House Redvell had trained themselves to show no outward emotion—but that didn’t mean they didn’t feel anything.
They had found it odd that the Marquess had taken interest in a servant from the outskirts, but the confidence bordering on arrogance in Cedric’s bearing gave them a sense that perhaps there was a reason for it.