The journey was hard. The carriage ride was bumpy. The food at the inns wasn't nearly as good at the food from mine. But the trip was still amazing. The duchess had told me to talk as little as possible. Heads would turn as I walked by. I was getting annoyed by the stares as we neared the castle.
The room I was given was twice the size of mine back home. The duchess's was triple my room was. Once we were settled in I helped her change for dinner. I was allowed to accompany her and dine with her. Because of her status we would be eating with the royal family and all the other nobles. The food was delicious and for the first time in a while I wanted the ability the hear. I wanted to hear the interesting things people were talking about. I was so focused on imagining what people were talking about I missed that we were about to start the after dinner songs. I can mostly mouth or sing quietly with everyone else but I wasn't able to catch what song we were singing. The duchess had to get my attention and tell me. After that I made sure to pay attention during a meal so I would be ready for singing.
The sing was to start in two days and until then I could wander the castle after I help the duchess dress. One of the queen's children was Yarry; he was my age which was 15. I heard he could illuse and had a wonderful voice like the queen and that he was named after her brother. He had all the looks of the king, and a voice as good as his mothers. He could also mimic other people's voices like the queen.
