Three days became seven.
Serena and Elara cleared the table. And every time they finished, Tiberon brought more.
Serena went through every ledger from the past fiscal year. She cross-referenced tax receipts with census data and flagged twelve discrepancies that had gone unnoticed for months.
Tiberon returned with the farmer's almanac for the entire kingdom. All seven regions. Going back three years.
On the fourth day, she completed a full audit of the castle's candle inventory.
He returned with the architectural survey of every staircase in Drakenfell.
On the fifth day, Serena reviewed the annual chimney inspection reports.
Tiberon returned with the complete minutes from every council meeting for the past decade and a thirty-year analysis of the royal kitchens' spice consumption, organized by season and occasion.
