Mr. Russel’s suggestion was good but something about it didn't sit right with her. With just two days left until she needed to turn in her suggestion, she sat once again in her room, looking over the papers. Nothing really changed for her except that the headache had been lost. She had a goal but was double checking everything, looking over the documents, the feeling that she missed something deep in her stomach.
“My Lady,” Seit spoke up after about an hour with nothing more than the sound of paper being turned. “Do you want me to bring you some tea?” she offered.
“No thank you,” Ravina replied. She stretched her back and closed her eyes, enjoying the stretch. Humming in thought until she decided what to do next. “Actually, I want to go visit the butler.” She stood up, giving her legs a little bit of a stretch as Seit opened and held the door open for her.
With a “thank you,” she left the room, her devout maid trailing behind her. Off of memory alone, the young girl found her way to the butler's office on the lower floor. With a rapid knock, she waited for a reply.
When there came none she looked to Seit. “Excuse me,” the young maid said as she pushed the door open and stepped inside. Holding the door for Ravina she reported, “It seems that he isn't here right now.”
“I see,” It was a shame. “Do you know where he would be?”
“Well, today is the last day that most of the guests will be staying at the manor.” Ravina had almost forgotten about them. There were little more than 14 guests left, the others had left to pursue pressing matters. Today was the last day of the open invitation, anyone who would be staying now needed a proper reason. Both for social edicate and for respect.
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Madam Pelmen was one such member. She would be staying due to her health and so she could look over the matters the madam of the house would normally take care of. As Seit explained. “As it's an important meal the butler might be overseeing it himself, so he should be in the main dining hall.”
“Then let's go,” Ravina said as she turned on her heel. Surprised Seit hurried to close the door and then hurried along to catch up to the fast moving girl. It was a bit of a walk to the main dining hall but they soon arrived at the splendid hall.
There were ten maids all milling about while Mathus was conducting their movement and observing their work like a skillful conductor. He turned his head when he heard the door open, surprise lifting his eyebrows. “My lady? If you need something you could have called.” He said, walking up to meet her.
“I wanted to walk around,” Ravina said, the walk was quite welcome, she figured she needed to start taking one whenever she woke up. That sounded nice. It was also a nice large garden, perhaps a run was also on the table?
As she mused this Mathus gave a single nod. “I see, well my lady, how can I help you.”
“I was hoping to get the financial records of both mines—the Goldwel and Venchenci mines.”
“Of course, I believe I gave you the last five years?”
“Oh, yes but I was hoping to get an overview of the last… well however far we can go.”
“I see, well I shall try my best,” Mathus said with a stern, professional opinion. However, it was with great difficulty that he concealed a smile. He wanted to support her to the best of his ability as such he personally researched the mines. As such he was able to gather a bunch of documents, however they did keep an eye on the mines. After all, it was a mine that was located in Ravenshield’s county. They were the head of that county. And iron was a valuable resource. Especially for a military family.
“Thank you,” Ravina nodded, “I’ll…be taking a walk in the garden in the meantime.”
“Of course, my lady.” with that Ravina left and Mathus returned to his office. Even though he was able to quickly gather the file, he put it in her room and returned to his prior duty. The young daughter of the Raven deserved to enjoy her time in the garden. After all, she had been working hard for the past five days.