The lady I met in the plaza toured me in this place called Minowa in the South. It was still part of the Heart Kingdom, albeit it was very far from Grimsbanne and the Capital. I had met the late earl of Minowa in the past, Earl Crowell, back in the Capital. Our interaction was brief and was simply an exchange of pleasantries, but I remembered him because he reminded me of Heliot.
A man who seemed dissociated from the state of affairs in the capital.
"Thank you, Bey." I smiled at the lady — her name was Bey — who was kind enough to accompany me to a boutique that was still open at this hour and tattling everything I needed to know.
"It's really nothing." She smiled back, walking beside me as we exited the boutique. "So, which inn are you staying at? I can't believe you suffer from sleepwalking. It's fortunate that no one approached you with malicious intent."
