The carriage travelled forward while asking for locations from every guard walking around.
Soon, the group found out why the previous count had not said something like, "Come to my castle." When they reached the location, it was still inside the royal capital.
And when they looked at its location, Theo couldn't help but feel like this was not a place someone like a previous count should stay in.
It was like a small house in between buildings, and while it was in the outskirts of the area that didn't have many shops, it still was very lively.
Theo looked at Lucien, and the guy sighed. They both moved forward with their attendants up the stairs to get in front of a normal wooden gate.
Clara went forward and rang the bell three times, and thus the wait came.
After just a minute of waiting, the gate opened, and a very old-looking man came out with half his eyes closed from getting in front of so much light.
