Holding a confused expression, Maximus fidgeted a little before he answered, "Umm…Your Grace, even though I had sent my men to investigate him as per your command, the report I received sounded a bit strange. To be honest, I was having a hard time contemplating it before I came here to report you—"
"Maximus, you can stop beating around the bush and just tell me, what have you found about Sheoran? I don't care if it's strange or irrelevant, but I want to hear everything!" Sounding quite impatient from his tone, Illay proclaimed aloud, intervening in between his fidgety answer.
Watching him being so impatient to know about a certain person apart from the royal family, Maximus flinched a little as it was a completely unique sight. In his 20 years of serving Illay as his loyal knight, it was the first time when he could see such desperation in his eyes.
