Chapter 138: Downtime
Compared to the strategy room of the Keep, not much changed during the ride back to the Palace.
Fifteen minutes into the ride, Princess Alexis had her feet up against the wall and her head on Dominic’s leg as she read, while her brother simply shook his head at her and then returned to reading a magical tome.
Dominic couldn’t help but notice that it wasn’t just their names that were similar. Alex and Alexis had inherited the same personality, more interested in books than anything else.
They were staying on the main roadway, with its stone surface, so it would be a bit longer than the more direct secondary route that they had taken to get to Burton, but Dominic wasn’t thinking about the amount of time that it would take them.
He had an idea of how to improve the Ogre Hunting Rifles, to make them more effective against things that were not Ogres.
After a few hours of peaceful silence, Prince Alex looked up from his book.
"We really are the nerds of the Royal Family, aren’t we?" He asked.
Alexis lifted a hand to give him a thumbs up. "Definitely. Can you imagine how annoying it would be if we were trapped in a carriage with brother Claudius? I swear, that guy gives me the creeps. He just appears in places."
The Prince laughed. "He uses a gem of silent movement and one of diminished presence all the time. He actually enjoys sneaking up on people to see what their reaction is."