A.N: before I start writing this chapter, I'm using an iPad, and can't insert single line breaks. So, speech will have a whole line between it. I'm sorry about this, and, I will fix it ASAP.
"Professor?" Luke made a bee line to the bathroom to help his mentor. The door was locked, so he kept repeating the Professor's name - each time no reply. "Professor Hershel Layton!" Luke shouted through the door. This was the first time the Professor replied, unlocking the door with a click, looking down at himself, then at Luke, who was fully clothed, though he himself was in his nightwear.
"Luke, I have to clothe myself. Please, move out of the way."
"Go back to bed, Professor."
"Bu-" Before the Professor could interrupt, the familiar click of a door interrupted him, and he and Luke turned to the door to see a worried looking Emmy.
"I saw your car outside, Professor! Why aren't you at work, a-" She paused, turning to face Luke. "And why isn't assistant number 2 at school?" Luke glared.
"He's sick, Emmy."
"Oh. Well, why isn't he in bed then?" Emmy replied, cocking her head.
"Because he's refusing to go." At this, Emmy turned to the Professor, and began speaking as if he was a small child.
"Professor, if you go to bed now, I'll get Luke to bring you some tea, and we can all do a puzzle together. How about that, hm?"
"I'm not child, Emmy. And I don't wish to do either of those things at this current moment in time." He left for his room, leaving Emmy and Luke in awe, the same thought running through their heads: 'Something must be really wrong if he doesn't want tea.. OR puzzles..'
Emmy began organising, muttering under her breath, as she cleaned. Although she wasn't one for cleaning, Emmy knew that no person who is ill should live in the filth that the Professor was. In the living room alone, there was archaeology papers strewn all over the coffee table, mugs with dregs of tea still left in the bottom were scattered around the room - some behind curtains, some buried beneath papers, then in practically every single nook and cranny had some sort of artefact in it, whether it be shark teeth, or fossils, they were there. Emmy sighed loudly, but continued cleaning whilst Luke cooked something for them both to eat.