After Ruvian said that, Lord Evrard was anything but pleased. A vein visibly pulsed along his temple, while a dangerous tension gathered across his brow.
Even the two knights and the head servant went rigid, their faces paling at his request.
Asking Calyra to accompany him on a dungeon expedition was practically taboo within the Arcanis estate.
The lingering trauma of nearly losing their precious daughter had left an indelible scar upon the household. Even the mere prospect of placing her in similar danger was enough to reopen old fears.
Evrard himself had once formally censured a minor noble for making light of the incident, stripping the man of his privileges within Arcanis territory for treating his daughter's ordeal as a jest.
And now this damned nobody of a young man had the audacity to voice such a demand?
Calyra's incident was known throughout much of the kingdom. For him to ask such a thing beneath the very roof of House Arcanis bordered on insolence.
