Siet panicked and quickly rose from her seat. With the glass of juice still in her hand she shifted quickly over to stand beside Ravina. Confused Ravina looked over to Aurelia whose eyes were locked on something back toward the manor. “My lady.” The familiar call of the old man caused her to turn her head and see the butler, Mathus, gracefully walking over to them.

He had a smile on his face and his eyes danced in the light. His positive mood could be seen as wonderful as his pride gleamed in his eyes. However, there was a sinister tune to his jovial walk. Some dark shadow that consumed the young girl's lazy plans.

“Seit, sit back down and finish your juice,” Ravina said as she strengthened up in her seat. Before the young maid could argue Ravina counted with a simple, “That's an order, isn't that right Mathus?”

Two steps more and the old man was standing in front of her table. “Of course, my lady. Please relax Siet, it's alright." The words warmed the little maid. Sure, having her master tell her everything was alright. However, there was a proper order to such things, and hearing it from the head of the staff that it was okay, allowed the young maid to relax.

“Alright,” she nodded and sat back down, failing to hide her little smile as she continued to savor her juice.

“My Lady,” the butler continued. “When last we spoke you had requested to speak to a lawyer as well did you not?”

Ravina knew it. The old man was here to talk about work, and here she was, just starting to enjoy herself. Holding back a sigh Ravina nodded. “Yes, I believe I had asked for him as soon as possible. Were you able to find someone?”

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“Unfortunately I was not able to get an expert in such matters,” he admitted, yet his smiling eyes remained. “However I have talked to a man skilled in a wide range of the law who has worked for house Ravenshield for some time.”

“Ah, I see, well, that's good.” Ravina felt relieved that this short departure back into work would only last a moment. “When can I meet him then?”

“Right now if you wish.” His answer allowed her a soft chuckle. Of course, she would be pulled back into work just as she found the time to relax. It always happens… right? No…

Ravina was pulled out of her thoughts as Mathus continued. “He just finished some work for the count and is available for the rest of the day.”

“I see.” so a lawyer was ready but only until after the count was done with him. It made sense but she felt a little betrayed by the butler. After all, she didn't have that long to come up with the report. Shaking her head she threw the thought from her mind. He had been very helpful to her. But of course, the count came first. It was his house after all. “Please show him to my table. I want to finish enjoying the sun today.”

“Of course” With a bow, he turned on his heel and left.

“Alright then, I'll be going, my lady. I do want to get some training done.” Aurelia stood up, giving a nod to Ravina.

“Alright, thank you for your hard work.”

“Of course, my lady.” with that Aurelia walked away.

As she did so, Seit finished her juice and stood up, reclaiming her tray and taking away the empty glasses. “I’ll prepare some tea, my lady,” she said as she hurried off. She passed the butler who returned with another man in tow.

This gentleman was dressed in a fine fitting brown red suit. He was both overweight and overworked. Dark circles fell under his large mahogany-brown eyes and sunk into his portly face and his suit did little to hide his unhealthy lifestyle. Still, he was a clean gentleman who wasn't sweating from either the heat or the long walk to the table.