VALERIA

"My lord is just passing through; show me the best place to rest in this... peculiar little town," I heard from my position, surrounded by the King’s guards.

It seemed he didn’t like to announce his arrival, which struck me as odd, considering how narcissistic he obviously was.

"Of course... right away, your lordship. This way to the finest inn in our town," the grinning man, nearly skin and bones, with a balding head that matched this decrepit village, immediately began guiding us.

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