Axelius glanced once more at the girl with the black silk mask standing behind the princess, his sharp eyes narrowing slightly as he thought to himself, "So her name is Sylfia?"
and then his attention was drawn back to Princess Tiana when she gently placed her teacup down and turned to him with soft gratitude in her voice, saying, "I want to thank you, Lord Axelius, for saving us that day in the forest… if it weren't for you, we might have never escaped that place."
He looked at both of them now, his eyes moving from Sylfia's calm gaze to Tiana's gentle expression and with a slight nod he muttered, "Ah… so it was you two in that goblin nest."
His tone then changed as a small grin formed on his face, bold and without hesitation, as he leaned forward a little and said directly, "So, what about my reward?"
